Pedro Irastorza

Pedro Irastorza Ayerbe (22 April 1918 – 1991) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Real Sociedad. He is best known for being the third youngest player in the history of La Liga, having featured in a league match for Sociedad in 1934 at the age of 15.

Biography Born in Zaldibia, Gipuzkoa, Irastorza began his football career in the youth departments of his local club, Real Sociedad, which was renamed as Donostia Club de Futbol in 1931 with the advent of the Second Spanish Republic.

Irastorza made his official competitive debut for the first team on matchday 14 of the 1933–34 La Liga, starting in a 4–0 loss to FC Barcelona at the Camp de Les Corts on 4 February 1934, and in doing so at the age of 15 years and 288 days, he not only became the youngest player in the club's history (a record that he still holds), but also the youngest in La Liga's then-short history, becoming the first-ever under 16 player to feature in the Spanish top-flight. He held this record for just five years, until it was broken by Sansón, who debuted in 1939, aged 15 years and 255 days. Irastorza is currently the third youngest player in the Spanish top-flight, hedging out by just one day the fourth-placed Óscar Ramón, who also made his debut at the home of FC Barcelona, and also in a 4–0 loss. He left the club with a record of 9 wins, 2 draws, and 22 losses.