Raymond Cazeaux

Raymond Jerome Cazeaux (18 February 1882 – 1 June 1957) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club and Bromley.

He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, netting a goal in both the 1902 Copa de la Coronación final and the 1903 Copa del Rey final, the club's first trophies. Cazeaux was previously believed to have been a Frenchman named Armand, a mistake that persisted through time until an investigation published in El Correo in March 2023 uncovered the truth of his identity.

Early life Raymond Cazeaux was born in Stoke Newington as the son of Margaret Sturgeon and Louis Joseph Edouard Cazeaux, a French-born merchant, also of Spanish descent, who had lived in England since the late 1860s. and scoring again in a 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the 1903 final. He was also among the registered players for the 1904 Copa del Rey, in which Athletic were declared winners without playing a match after their opponents failed to show up in a dispute over registration. Between 1902 and 1903, Cazeaux played five competitive matches, in which he scored three goals (Athletic Bilbao counts the matches played by Bizcaya as its own). His younger brother Victor played for SC Germania Hamburg in the 1904 German football championship.

Honours Copa de la Coronación: 1902 Copa del Rey: 1903, 1904