Raymond Cazeaux

Raymond Jerome Cazeaux (18 February 1882 – 1 June 1957) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club.^[1] Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, netting a goal in both the 1902 Copa de la Coronación Final and the 1903 Copa del Rey Final, which were the club's first pieces of silverware.^[2] Cazeaux was previously believed to have been a Frenchman named Armand, a mistake that has persisted through time until an investigation published in El Correo in March 2023 uncovered the truth.^[3]

Raymond Jerome Cazeaux

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Jerome Cazeaux
Date of birth	(1882-02-18)18 February 1882
Place of birth	Stoke Newington, England
Date of death	1 June 1957(1957-06-01) (aged 75)
Position(s)	forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1902–1904	Athletic Club
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Stoke Newington as the son of merchant Louis Joseph Edouard Cazeaux, he eventually ended up playing football in Spain and joined the newly created Bizcaya (a combination of players from Athletic Club and Bilbao Football Club) in 1902, which evolved into the extant Athletic Club shortly after. Together with Juan Astorquia, Alejandro de la Sota and Walter Evans, he was part of the teams that won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación (as Bizcaya) and the 1903 Copa del Rey, in which Cazeaux contributed with the decisive goal of a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona in the 1902 final,^[4] and a goal in a 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the 1903 final.^[5] In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.^[6] Between 1902 and 1903, he played five competitive matches, in which he scored three goals (Athletic Bilbao counts the matches played by Bizcaya as its own).^[2]

Honours

• Copa de la Coronación: 1902
• Copa del Rey: 1903, 1904

References

1. "Raymond Jerome Cazeaux - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
2. "Raymond Jerome Cazeaux". www.athletic-club.eus. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
3. "Armand Cazeaux, el jugador francés del Athletic que ni se llamaba Armand ni era francés" [Armand Cazeaux, the French Athletic player who was neither called Armand nor French]. athletic.elcorreo.com (in Spanish). 12 March 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
4. "Spain - Cup 1902". RSSSF. 15 September 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
5. "Spain - Cup 1903". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
6. "Spain - Cup 1904". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.