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{{Short description|Spanish footballer and Olympic sailor}}
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| name = Luis Arana
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| caption = Luis Arana on 1 January 1902
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| fullname = Luis Arana Urigüen
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| nationality = Spanish
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|02|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], [[Cantabria]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|06|07|1874|02|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Madrid]]
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| classes = [[6 Metre]]
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| medaltemplates-title = Competition record
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{{MedalSport | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Sailing]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{ESP}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] [[File:Olympic rings without rims.svg|50px]] }}
{{Medal | 13th| [[Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|1928 Amsterdam]] | [[6 Metre]] }}
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| name = Luis Arana
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| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 1901–1902 | clubs1 = [[Bilbao Football Club|Athletic Club]] | caps1 =  | goals1 =
| years2 = 1902      | clubs2 = [[Bizcaya (football team)|Club Bizcaya]] | caps2 =   | goals2 =
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'''Luis Arana Urigüen''' (4 February 1874 – 7 June 1951<ref name=Geni>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Luis-de-Arana-y-Urig%C3%BCen/6000000005598773390 |title=Luis de Arana y Urigüen (1874 - 1951) - Genealogy |website=www.geni.com |date=5 December 2014 |accessdate=10 April 2024 }}</ref>) was a Spanish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] who won the [[1902 Copa de la Coronación]] with [[Bizcaya (football team)|Club Bizcaya]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=2800 |title=Luis Arana - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |accessdate=23 January 2024 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180001/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=2800 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Bilbao>{{cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/luis-arana-mendivil |title=Luis Arana - Player: Player |website=www.athletic-club.eus |accessdate=23 January 2024 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180000/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/luis-arana-mendivil |url-status=live }}</ref> He later became a [[sailor]], representing his country at the [[Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|1928 Summer Olympics]] in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]].<ref name=Oly>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61748 |title=Luis Arana |work=Olympedia |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425091611/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61748 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Early life==
Luis Arana Urigüen was born on 4 February 1874 in [[Santander, Spain|Santander]], [[Cantabria]],<ref name=Oly/> as the son of Pedro Darío Arana Mendiolea (born 1840) and Sofía Urigüen Ansótegui.<ref name=Geni/><ref name=geneanet>{{cite web |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/lmvillena?lang=en&pz=x&nz=luis+manuel+de+villena+cabeza&p=x&n=luis+de+arana+y+uriguen |title=Luis de Arana y Urigüen |website=gw.geneanet.org |accessdate=10 April 2024 }}</ref> He was the second of ten children, including two brothers who also played football, [[José Antonio Arana|José Antonio]] (1872–1909) and [[Darío de Arana|Darío]] (1882–).<ref name=Geni/>
Arana married Dolores de Ybarra y Lope de Calle,<ref name=Geni/><ref name=geneanet/> and the couple had three sons, [[Javier de Arana|Javier]], [[Luis Ignacio de Arana|Luis Ignacio]], and José Antonio de Arana y Ybarra.<ref name=Geni/>
==Sporting career==
In 1898, the 24-year-old Arana and his older brother José Antonio were among the founders of Sporting Club de Bilbao, becoming the club's member no. 2 by 1902, only behind [[Federico Moyúa]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/PDFAnlt/vasconia/vas33/33159190.pdf |title=Del ya chting a la vela, de los caballitos a la piscina. La sociabilidad de las élites y sus espacios: Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club de Bilbao. |trans-title=From yachts to sailing, from horseback riding to swimming. The sociability of the elites and their spaces: Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club de Bilbao. |language=eu |website=www.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |author=Eduardo J. Alonso Olea |date=2003 |access-date=10 April 2024 }}</ref>
===Football===
In the late 1890s, Luis and José Antonio began playing football with an informal group led by [[Carlos Castellanos|Carlos]] and [[Manuel Castellanos]], the so-called [[Bilbao Football Club]], the first entity to play football in Bilbao since the disappearance of [[Club Atleta de los Astilleros del Nervión|''Club Atleta'']].<ref name=Atleta>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2021/06/el-club-atleta-de-los-astilleros-del-nervion-1889-1894-y-el-athletic-club-de-bilbao-1901/ |title=El Club Atleta de los Astilleros del Nervión (1889-1894) y el Athletic Club de Bilbao (1901-) |trans-title=The Athletic Club of the Nervión Shipyards (1889-1894) and the Athletic Club of Bilbao (1901-) |language=es |publisher=[[:es:Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español|CIHEFE]] |date=17 May 2021 |accessdate=10 April 2024 }}</ref><ref name=lafutbolteca>{{Cite web |url=http://lafutbolteca.com/athletic-club-de-bilbao/ |title=Historial del Athletic Club |trans-title=Athletic Club History |language=es |website=lafutbolteca.com |accessdate=10 April 2024 }}</ref> Although it was formed in 1896, it was not until 30 November 1900 that Bilbao Football Club was officially established.<ref name=Atleta/><ref name=lafutbolteca/> Arana then played several [[Exhibition game|friendly matches]] for them against city rivals [[Athletic Bilbao|Athletic Club]] in the [[Hippodrome of Lamiako]].<ref name=Rivalry>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 |title=118 años de la primera rivalidad |trans-title=118 years since the first rivalry |language=es |website=www.aupaathletic.com |date=7 November 2019 |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002416/https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1902, the two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to face the [[Bordeaux]]-based side Burdigala at [[Burdeos]], [[France]], which marked the first time a Bilbao team played on foreign territory. This temporary merge became known as [[Bizcaya (football team)|''Club Bizcaya'']] and Arana ousted Athletic's goalkeeper to be part of the first-ever line-up of the Bizcaya team that faced Burdigala on 9 March, keeping a clean-sheet in an 0–2 away win.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 |title=Burdigala VS Athletic Club 3/9/1902 |website=www.athletic-club.eus |accessdate=23 January 2024 |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180007/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 |url-status=live }}</ref> Together with [[Juan Astorquia]], [[Alejandro de la Sota (footballer)|Alejandro de la Sota]] and [[William Dyer (footballer)|William Dyer]], he was part of the Bizcaya team that won the [[1902 Copa de la Coronación]], featuring in the [[1902 Copa de la Coronación Final|final]] contributing decisively to a 2–1 win over [[FC Barcelona]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html |title=Spain - Cup 1902 |date=15 September 2000 |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002345/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the end of 1902, Bilbao FC began to show signs of financial exhaustion due to the non-payment of the appropriate fees by some of its partners who thus compromised the future of the entity.<ref name=lafutbolteca/> This moment of crisis caused Arana to be elected as the new president of the club, hence replacing Carlos Castellanos, but a loss of both interest and members in early 1903 worsened the situation. Arana was then approached by the president of Athletic, Juan Astorquia, who used their dier situation to successfully convince Arana of how beneficial and necessary it was to merge the two clubs.<ref name=lafutbolteca/> Once the negotiations had begun, the sudden death of Castellanos precipitated the outcome in a few days, concluding the final agreement on March 29 when both presidents signed the merger in which Bilbao FC was dissolved and all its partners became part of it.<ref name=lafutbolteca/>
===Sailing===
As a sailor, Arana won the 1912 [[Copa del Rey de vela|Sailing Copa del Rey]] with the yacht Tonino, in [[Gijón]]. In that same year, he replaced [[Alberto Aznar]] as the president of [[Real Club Marítimo del Abra and Real Sporting Club|Real Sporting Club]], a position he held for a year until 1913 when [[José Maria Chávarri]] took over.<ref name=pres>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcmarsc.es/nuestra-historia/presidentes |title=Presidentes del Club Marítimo del Abra - Real Sporting Club |trans-title=Presidents of the Abra Maritime Club - Real Sporting Club |language=es |website=www.rcmarsc.es |access-date=12 February 2024 }}</ref> In 1920, he replaced [[Julio Arteche]] as the president of Real Club Marítimo del Abra, a position he held for four years, until 1924, when [[Rogelio Renovales]] took over.<ref name=pres/>
A few years later, Arana represented his country at the [[Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre|1928 Summer Olympics]] in Amsterdam, Netherlands.<ref name=Oly/><ref name=Atleta/> Later, he was president of the [[Royal Spanish Sailing Federation]] between 1940 and 1945. Franco awarded him the Grand [[Cross of Naval Merit]].<ref name=Arana>{{Cite web |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/artikuluak/artikulua.php?id=eu&ar=26601 |title=Arana Urigüen, Luis de |language=es |website=aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123012030/https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/artikuluak/artikulua.php?id=eu&ar=26601 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Golf===
In addition to sailing and football, Arana also played [[golf]]. He won a very significant number of golf titles during the 1920s, becoming the champion of Spain in golf several times and he was succeeded as such by his sons Javier and Luis Ignacio, thus being the father of a great dynasty of golf players.<ref name=Arana/><ref name=rfegolf>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rfegolf.es/ArtculosDocumento/ARTICULOS/REVISTA%20RFEG/RFEG34%20RELATOS%20DE%20AYER.pdf |title=Luis de Arana, primer presidente |trans-title=Luis de Arana, first president |language=es |website=www.rfegolf.es |access-date=12 February 2024 }}</ref> Arana was the first president of the [[Royal Spanish Golf Federation|Spanish Golf Federation]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/52963-luis-de-arana-y-uriguen |title=Luis de Arana y Urigüen |language=es |website=historia-hispanica.rah.es |access-date=10 April 2024 }}</ref> although his responsibility was limited to two years, precisely those between 1934 and 1936.<ref name=rfegolf/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rfegolf.es/Noticias/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=12959 |title=La RFEG cumple 90 años con vocación de servicio - Presidentes de la RFEG |trans-title=The RFEG turns 90 with a vocation for service - Presidents of the RFEG |language=es |website=www.rfegolf.es |date=9 October 2022 |access-date=12 February 2024 }}</ref>
===Others===
In 1936–37, Arana was also president of the {{ill|Sociedad Bilbaína|es|lt=Bilbao Society}}, a private club founded as a recreational and cultural society.<ref name=Arana/> In addition to forming part of the precursor of Athletic Bilbao, he also helped form the Athletic Federation of Vizcaya.<ref name=Arana/>
==Outside sport==
Arana was a board member of several important industrial companies.<ref name=Arana/> Politically, he belonged to the [[Maurist Party]] and then to the [[Patriotic Union (Spain)|Patriotic Union]] of [[Miguel Primo de Rivera|Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Arana/> He was a friend of [[Alfonso XIII]].<ref name=Arana/> In 1927 he was appointed provincial deputy by the [[Civil Directory of Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Arana/>
==Death==
Arana died on 7 June 1951 in [[Madrid]], at the age of 59.<ref name=Geni/><ref name=Oly/>
==Honours==
*'''[[Copa de la Coronación]]:'''
**'''Champions (1)''': [[1902 Copa de la Coronación|1902]]
==References==
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==External links==
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