Miguel López Torrontegui

Miguel López Torrontegui (14 July 1913 – 2 April 2000) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Sevilla between 1932 and 1943.

Early life and education Miguel López Torrontegui was born on 14 July 1913 in Melilla, a Spanish city on the African coast, as the fourth child of Bilbao native Miguel López, whose family had moved to Melilla after he bought the Setolazar mines from Abd el-Krim. Even though his father died when he was four, the family continued to live in the city, where he began to play football at the Christian Brothers' school. His performances in some friendlies against Real Betis caught the attention of their city rivals, Sevilla, which sought to recruit him, but Miguel's mother objected because she wanted her son to focus on studying engineering. In 1936, he secured Sevilla's first-ever league victory over Betis, scoring the only goal of the game. In the early 1940s, he was a member of the great Sevilla attacking line known as the "Stukas", which scored 70 goals in the 1940–41 La Liga, Two years later, in 1942, he scored a six-goal haul against Real Oviedo. Shortly after his retirement, he was the subject of a tribute match, in which he bid his farewell to the Sevilla fans.

Death Torrontegui died on 2 April 2000, at the age of 86.

Honours Sevilla FC Andalusian championship: Champions (3): 1936, 1939, and 1940 La Liga Runner-up (2): 1939–40 and 1942–43 Copa del Rey: Champions (1): 1939