Federico Revuelto was born in Cuyotenango, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala in 1883.

[1][2] Revuelto initially started playing rugby football in England.

[3] He then switched to association football and joined the newly formed Madrid Football Club in 1902 at the age of 19,[2] playing as a left-center forward.

[1] He served as interim president of Madrid FC in 1913.

[4] Revuelto is listed in Real Madrid's "hall of fame" in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.