Telmo Zarra
Be the first in the stands
SpainCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Pedro Telmo Zarraonandía Montoya, known as Telmo Zarra, was a Spanish football forward. He spent the majority of his career at Athletic Bilbao, from 1940 to 1955, for whom he remains the top scorer in competitive matches with 335 goals. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-11
In the line-ups
5 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1950The archive holds 5 team sheets naming Telmo Zarra in Spain's starting line-up, from 1950-06-25 to 1950-07-16.
5 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
7 goals across 6 scoring matches · 2 tournaments · 1950| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Competition | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-07-16 |  Sweden | L1–3(n) | 82' | FIFA World Cup | São Paulo |
| 1950-07-02 |  England | W1–0(n) | 48' | FIFA World Cup | Rio de Janeiro |
| 1950-06-29 |  Chile | W2–0(n) | 30' | FIFA World Cup | Rio de Janeiro |
| 1950-06-25 |  United States | W3–1(n) | 89' | FIFA World Cup | Curitiba |
| 1950-04-09 |  Portugal | D2–2(a) | 24' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Oeiras |
| 1950-04-02 | Portugal | W5–1(h) | 11' 58' | FIFA World Cup qualification | Madrid |
Honours
16 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours16 | ||||
| La Liga | ×1 | 1942–43 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| Spanish player with the most goals in a single La Liga season (38) | ×1 | |||
| Spanish player with the most hat tricks in La Liga history (23) | ×1 | |||
| Spanish player with the most top scorer awards in La Liga history (6) | ×1 | |||
| Spanish top scorer in the history of La Liga (251) | ×1 | |||
| Copa del Rey | ×5 | 1943, 1944, 1944–45, 1949–50, 1955 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| Copa Eva Duarte | ×1 | 1950 | Athletic Bilbao | |
| Most goals in a Copa del Rey Final (4 – 1950) | ×1 | |||
| Top scorer in El Viejo Clásico vs Real Madrid (22) | ×1 | |||
| Top scorer in the Basque derby vs Real Sociedad (14) | ×1 | |||
| Top scorer in the history of Athletic Bilbao (335 goals) | ×1 | |||
| Top scorer in the history of Copa del Rey (81 goals) | ×1 | |||
| Individual honours8 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 7 | ||||
| Pichichi Trophy | ×6 | 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53 | ||
| Golden Pichichi Trophy | 2003 | |||
| More honours · 1 | ||||
| Lan Onari | 1997 | |||
| Orders & distinctions5 | ||||
| Royal Order of Sports Merit | ||||
| Shiny gold badge of Málaga CF | ||||
| Silver botafumeiro of Deportivo de La Coruña | ||||
| Zarra Trophy | ||||
| Memorial bust at Lezama training centre | ||||