Doroteo Elorriaga
Doroteo Elorriaga Barrueta, better known as Doro, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Bilbao, Real Zaragoza, and Barakaldo in the 1930s and 1940s.
Career
First steps and Bilbao
Born in the Biscayan town of Sestao on 22 April 1916, Doro began playing at Kaiku de Abajo, a non-federated team Sestao, and from there he moved to Sestao SC in 1932, aged 16, staying there for two seasons. At the end of the 1933–34 season, Athletic Bilbao signed several players from Sestao SC, including the 18-year-old Doro and Hermenegildo Elices, his brother-in-law.However, he was ruled out for 18 months after getting sick with pleura. He was able to recover, but just to play one official match for Bilbao, making his debut on 15 March 1936, in a La Liga fixture against Valencia CF, which ended in a 1–1 draw. By playing in this match, Doro was part of the squad that won the 1935–36 La Liga, which was the last before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. In 1936, Elorriaga was a member of the squad of Kaiku Chiqui, a non-federated team Sestao, which participated in the 1936 Torneo de las Llanas, an amateur championship organized by Racing de Sestao, helping his side win the title after defeating New Club in the final. He was still part of the Bilbao squad in the 1936–37 season.
During the Civil War, Elorriaga fought for the Republican side under the Battalion led by Commander Luis Urkullu, which surrendered in Barakaldo to the national forces. After spending four months in the Carmelo prison in Begoña, he joined the Naval, where he briefly played for Deportivo Alavés in the 1938–39 season. After the war, he signed for Zaragoza, then in the First Division. In total, he scored five goals in 26 league matches throughout two seasons, the latter of which ended in relegation.