[3] In 1939 he settled in Mexico, where he married Yolanda Aspiazu Suarez with whom he adopted a son called José Manuel.
[6] With the out-break of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 the national football leagues in Spain were put on hold.
[3] First they toured Europe, playing in France, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Soviet Union, Norway and Denmark.
They had great success but in the summer of 1937 the Basque Country was captured by the fascist army and so the team had to make a choice.
[2] In 1942 he made his final move as a player when he joined another Mexican team called Club España.