Pedro Pinilla

Pedro Martínez Pinilla (25 October 1895 – January 1982) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Celta de Vigo. Pinilla had the honor of playing in the first official match in the history of Celta, scoring the opening goal in a 2–0 win over Unión Sporting Club on 7 October of 1923. He also played for the Galicia national team between 1922 and 1923.

Club career Born in Vigo, Galicia, he played for both Fortuna de Vigo and Real Vigo Sporting, playing with the latter until 1923, when the two Vigo clubs merged, thus forming Celta de Vigo. On 11 March 1923, Pinilla played in the last match that was held between these two rivals, which Sporting won 1–0, courtesy of a goal from Ramón González. The presentation match of Celta de Vigo was held at Coia on 16 September 1923, in a meeting between A and B teams, taking advantage of the large pool that they had following the merger, and Pinilla was one of the 11 footballers that lined-up for the A team. He also started in the semi-finals in yet another 4–1 win, thus helping the team reach the final, which he did not play, and without him, Galicia lost 1–3 to Asturias.

Pinilla scored a total of 5 goals in 10 games with the Galician team, between 1922 and 1924, helping his side to 8 victories and receiving only two defeats, the first of which took place on 25 November 1923 in the quarter-finals of the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup, a 0–1 loss to the Castile/Madrid XI.

Pedro Pinilla died in January 1982, at the age of 86.

International goals Galicia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Pinilla goal.

Honours Club Real Vigo Sporting Galician Championship: Winners (1) 1922–23

Celta de Vigo Galician Championship: Winners (1) 1925–26

Deportivo de La Coruña Galician Championship: Winners (1) 1927–28

International Galicia Prince of Asturias Cup: Runner-up (1): 1922–23