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Since 1951 to 1961, Telmo Zarra held Spain's record for international goals
Scored one hat-trick in international matches

Football player Telmo Zarra

Pedro Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya

Telmo Zarra, Zarra

Born on 20 January 1921
Died on 23 February 2006 (aged 85)

National team appearances of Telmo Zarra

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Spain	1945 - 1951	20	1	1		20		1.000
Total:		20	1	1		20		1.000

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Atlético de Bilbao, Bilbao	11 Mar 1945 - 17 Jun 1951	20	1	1		20		1.000

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Goals

Goals/ Caps

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

1.500

World Cup final tournament (WC)

0.667

Friendly matches and other tournaments

1.083

Total:

1.000

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
11 Mar 1945	Portugal	debut	24 years 1 month 19 days
6 May 1945	Portugal	first goal	24 years 3 months 16 days
16 Jul 1950	Sweden	first cap as captain	29 years 5 months 26 days
18 Feb 1951	Switzerland	record for goal scoring (held up to 19 Apr 1961); first hat-trick	30 years 29 days
17 Jun 1951	Sweden	last appearance	30 years 4 months 28 days

Record of Telmo Zarra's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Portugal	6		4	2	2			1.500	6	1.000
Switzerland	4		1				1	4.000	1	4.000
Rep. of Ireland	4		2		2			2.000	3	1.333
Belgium	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
United States	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Chile	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
England	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Sweden	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
(+) other teams									4
Total:	20		12	6	5	0	1	1.667	20	1.000

Record of national team matches played by Telmo Zarra

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Spain national football team	20	8	6	6	46	39	55.0

Telmo Zarra's international caps

as player of Atlético de Bilbao, Bilbao:

debut age - 24 years 1 month 19 days

11 Mar 1945 16:00 (+1:00)

Oeiras, Estádio Nacional do Jamor

2-2

Portugal vs Spain

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 24 years 3 months 16 days

06 May 1945 17:00 (+2:00)

A Coruña, Estadio Municipal de Riazor

4-2

Spain vs Portugal

Friendly International

2х

23 Jun 1946 18:30 (+2:00)

Madrid, Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid

0-1

Spain vs Rep. of Ireland

Friendly International

26 Jan 1947 15:00

Oeiras, Estádio Nacional do Jamor

4-1

Portugal vs Spain

Friendly International

02 Mar 1947 15:30

Dublin, Dalymount Park

3-2

Rep. of Ireland vs Spain

Friendly International

2х

20 Mar 1949 16:00

Oeiras, Estádio Nacional do Jamor

1-1

Portugal vs Spain

Friendly International

1х

27 Mar 1949 16:30 (+1:00)

Madrid, Nuevo Estadio Chamartín

1-3

Spain vs Italy

Friendly International

12 Jun 1949 15:30 (+1:00)

Dublin, Dalymount Park

1-4

Rep. of Ireland vs Spain

Friendly International

2х

19 Jun 1949 15:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

1-5

France vs Spain

Friendly International

02 Apr 1950 17:00 (+1:00)

Madrid, Nuevo Estadio Chamartín

5-1

Spain vs Portugal

1950 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

2х

09 Apr 1950 16:30

Oeiras, Estádio Nacional do Jamor

2-2

Portugal vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 6

1х

25 Jun 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

Curitiba, Estádio Durival Britto e Silva

1-3

United States vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 2

1х

29 Jun 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

0-2

Chile vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 2

1х

02 Jul 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

0-1

England vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 2

1х

09 Jul 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

2-2

Uruguay vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group Final group

13 Jul 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

6-1

Brazil vs Spain

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group Final group

16 Jul 1950 15:00 (+3:00)

São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

1-3

Spain vs Sweden

1950 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group Final group

1х

18 Feb 1951 16:00 (+1:00)

Madrid, Nuevo Estadio Chamartín

6-3

Spain vs Switzerland

Friendly International

4х

10 Jun 1951 16:00 (+1:00)

Brussels, Stade du Heysel

3-3

Belgium vs Spain

Friendly International

2х

17 Jun 1951 14:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

0-0

Sweden vs Spain

Friendly International

Comments

Soproni Démon Hungary - Error report posted on 6 February 2013 at 09:32:16 - 1

Correct name:
Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya
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dudd Ukraine - Other notes posted on 1 September 2020 at 18:54:02

Full name: Pedro Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya (link:

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Spain upcoming fixtures

UEFA Nations League

Netherlands vs Spain

Rotterdam, Thursday 20 March 2025

UEFA Nations League

Spain vs Netherlands

Sunday 23 March 2025

Spain fixtures

Telmo Zarra's most often teammates

Agustín Gaínza (1945 - 1951) - 19 games
Antonio Puchades (1949 - 1951) - 15 games
Mariano Gonzalvo (1946 - 1951) - 15 games
Estanislao Basora (1949 - 1951) - 13 games
Ignacio Eizaguirre (1945 - 1951) - 13 games

Spain players born on 3 December

Antonio Fuertes (1929) - 1 cap
David Villa (1981) - 98 caps, 59 goals