Plácido Álvarez-Buylla y Lozana

Plácido Álvarez-Buylla Lozana (5 April 1885 - 10 August 1938) was a Spanish footballer, diplomat and politician, who was the Minister of Industry and Commerce in 1936. He reached the highest levels both in sports and professionally. As a young man, he played football at the clubs Oviedo FC in Asturias, Madrid FC and Español de Madrid in Madrid, and Espanyol in Barcelona, reaching Copa del Rey finals with the latter three. As an older man, he had a successful political career, holding several important positions in the Spanish government, such as Minister of Industry and Commerce.

He had three brothers, Benito, Plácido and Adolfo, and the latter two also were footballers.

Early life Buylla was born in Asturias as the son of (Adolfo A. Buylla, professor of Political Economy and president of the Ateneo de Madrid, and of Carmen Lozana de la Concha. Buylla and his family used to spend the summers in Salinas, where it is known that he and his brothers played football matches with the team from the town of Castrillón. Buylla played for his hometown club Oviedo FC, featuring alongside the illustrious professor of history, Rafael Altamira, then a professor at the University of Oviedo. He was also part of the very first teams in Ávila, such as Círculo Industrial y de Sport de Avilés, with whom he played between 1908 and 1912.

Espanyol In 1910, the Giralt brothers, Neyra, and his younger brother Vicente left Español to join RCD Espanyol in Barcelona, and they once again proved their quality by reaching yet another cup final in 1911, in which he started in a 3–1 loss to Athletic Bilbao. According to the Mundo Deportivo issue of 24 March 1910, the then 24-year-old Buylla was a right back of 79 kilos in weight and 1,83 meters tall, and he was described as being "without a doubt one of the best players on the [Espanyol] team".

His football career came to an end with the arrival of the First World War and the paralysis of the sport in Spain. a position he held until 20 February 1938 when he became the consul of France, where he died in Paris in 1938.

Honours Club Madrid FC Centro Championship: Champions (1): 1906–07 Copa del Rey: Champions (1): 1907

Español de Madrid Copa del Rey: Runner-up (2): 1909 and 1910

RCD Espanyol Copa del Rey: Runner-up (1): 1911