Eduardo Teus

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Teus and the second or maternal family name is López-Navarro.
Eduardo Teus
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Teus López-Navarro
Date of birth (1896-11-06)6 November 1896
Place of birth Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Date of death (1958-10-08)8 October 1958 (61 years)
Place of death Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1919[1] Real Madrid 26 (0)
Managerial career
1941–1942 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Teus López-Navarro, also known as Teus (6 November, 1896 – 8 October, 1958) was a Filipino professional footballer who played for Real Madrid as a goalkeeper.

Teus was born in Manila, Philippines in 1896 to a Filipino family who were of mixed native and Spanish origin. He won 3 Catalan Spanish league and 1 Copa del Rey championship titles for the club.

At the top of his career, he was forced to retire from football after he suffered a serious injury in a game during the 1918-1919 season. He later became a successful sports journalist and was later tasked by Francisco Franco to manage the Spain national football team as head coach. He managed the national team from 1941 to 1942,[2][3] playing a total of six international games, of which he won three, and lost only one and drew two.

In 1958, Teus died of a stroke while watching a game at the press box of the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao in Spain.[4][5]

  1. ^ López, Francisco López. "Legendarios: Eduardo Teus (1913-18)". CorazonBlanco.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ Malig, Jolo (5 July 2014). "Meet the 'Azkals' of Barcelona, Real Madrid". abs-cbnNEWS.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. ^ Burns (29 May 2012). "Chapter 14: Franco Rules". La Roja: How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World (illustrated ed.). Nation Books. ISBN 9781568587189.
  4. ^ Burns, Jimmy (5 December 2011). "7: The Enemy Within". Barca: A People's Passion (reissued ed.). A&C Black. p. 144. ISBN 9781408827710. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. ^ "La trágica muerte de Eduardo Teus en San Mamés" (in Spanish). Kaiser Magazine. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017.