Telmo Zarra

Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya (20 January 1921 – 23 February 2006), known as Telmo Zarra (Basque: [ˈs̻ara], Spanish: [ˈθara]), is a former football player. He has played for Spain national team.

Telmo Zarra

Zarra in 1950
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya
Date of birth	(1921-01-20)20 January 1921
Place of birth	Erandio, Kingdom of Spain
Date of death	23 February 2006(2006-02-23) (aged 85)
Place of death	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1940	Erandio	20	(12)
1940–1955	Athletic Bilbao	277	(251)
1955–1956	Indautxu	14	(3)
1956–1957	Barakaldo	12	(2)
Total		323	(268)
National team
1945–1951	Spain	20	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Erandio	1939–40	Segunda División	20	12	0	0	20	12
Athletic Bilbao	1940–41	Primera División	8	5	0	0	8	5
	1941–42	Primera División	21	17	8	11	29	28
	1942–43	Primera División	17	16	8	8	25	24
	1943–44	Primera División	21	12	10	10	31	22
	1944–45	Primera División	26	20	9	14	35	34
	1945–46	Primera División	18	24	2	0	20	24
	1946–47	Primera División	24	33	6	3	30	36
	1947–48	Primera División	16	9	0	0	16	9
	1948–49	Primera División	26	22	10	9	36	31
	1949–50	Primera División	26	24	7	13	33	37
	1950–51	Primera División	30	38	6	8	38	49
	1951–52	Primera División	5	3	0	0	5	3
	1952–53	Primera División	29	24	7	5	36	29
	1953–54	Primera División	5	2	1	0	6	2
	1954–55	Primera División	6	2	0	0	6	2
	Total		278	251	74	81	354	335
Indautxu	1955–56	Segunda División	27	17	0	0	27	17
Barakaldo	1956–57	Segunda División	12	2	0	0	12	2
Career total			337	282	74	81	411	363

International

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zarra goal.

List of international goals scored by Telmo Zarra

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 May 1945	Riazor, Spain	Portugal	1–1	4–2	Friendly
2				2–1
3	2 March 1947	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Ireland	1–2	2–3	Friendly
4				2–2
5	20 March 1949	Unknown, Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	1–1	Friendly
6	12 June 1949	Dalymount Park, Dublin	Ireland	1–1	4–1	Friendly
7				3–1
8	2 April 1950	Nuevo Estadio Chamartín, Madrid, Spain	Portugal	1–0	5–1	1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
9				3–1
10	9 April 1950	Unknown, Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal	Portugal	1–0	2–2	1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	25 June 1950	Estádio Vila Capanema, Curitiba, Brazil	United States	3–1	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup group stage
12	29 June 1950	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Chile	2–0	2–0	1950 FIFA World Cup group stage
13	2 July 1950	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	England	1–0	1–0	1950 FIFA World Cup group stage
14	16 July 1950	Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil	Sweden	1–3	1–3	1950 FIFA World Cup final stage
15	18 February 1951	Nuevo Estadio Chamartín, Madrid, Spain	Switzerland	1–0	6–3	Friendly
16				2–0
17				4–2
18				5–2
19	10 June 1951	Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	2–3	3–3	Friendly
20				3–3

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

• La Liga: 1942–43
• Copa del Rey: 1943, 1944, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1955
• Copa Eva Duarte: 1950

Individual

• Pichichi Trophy: 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53
• Golden Pichichi Trophy: 2003

Decorations

• Sports Merit Medal
• Shiny gold badge of Málaga CF
• Silver badge of Deportivo de La Coruña

Posthumous dedications

• Zarra Trophy
• Memorial bust at Lezama training centre

Records

• Top scorer in the history of the Copa del Rey (81 goals)
• Top scorer in the history of Athletic Club (332 goals)
• Second most Pichichi trophies (6)
• Most goals in a Copa del Rey Final (4 – 1950)
• Top scorer in the Basque derby vs Real Sociedad (14)
• Top scorer in El Viejo Clásico vs Real Madrid (22)