Pedro Vallana

Pedro Vicente Saturnino Vallana Jeanguenat (29 November 1897 – 4 July 1980) was a Spanish footballer,[1] referee[2] and manager[3] in Spain in the 1920s.

He was a member of the Spain national team which won the silver medal in the football tournament of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

The highlight of his club career was helping Arenas win the 1919 Copa del Rey after defeating the powerful FC Barcelona by a score of 5–2.

As a talented sprinter, he achieved a silver medal in the 200 metres event and a bronze in the long jump at the 1918 edition of the Spanish Athletics Championships.

However, he was already an aged player, and only got to play one game with Arenas in the First Division, on the second day of the 1929 La Liga season, at the CE Europa stadium in Barcelona.

In 1924 he netted an own goal past Ricardo Zamora with 12 minutes to go, which led to the elimination of the Spanish team from the tournament in the preliminary round in a 0–1 loss to Italy.

[7] Like many other Arenas de Getxo players of that time, he played a few games for the Biscay national team, participating in both the 1922–23 and the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cups, an official inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.

When the economic, political, and sports difficulties overwhelmed this errant team, Vallana decided to abandon it and leave his coaching position when they passed through Argentina, before emigrating to Montevideo, Uruguay, arriving in 1938.

[6] For his exemplary performance, his regularity and his tenacity in defending the colors of Spain, he received the Medal of Sports Merit, awarded by the Spanish Federation.