Manuel Anatol Aristegi was a naturalized French professional football player.

Career

Anatol was born in Irun

Irun

Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...

, a town in the Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

 of Spain. He played for three clubs in the country; hometown club Real Unión

Real Unión

Real Unión Club de Irún, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France...

, Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...

 and Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

. In 1929, Anatol ventured to France and joined Racing Paris. With Racing, he captained the club to the final of the Coupe de France

Coupe de France

The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

 in his second season with the club. In the final, Racing were defeated 3–1 by FC Sète

FC Sète

FC Sète 34 is a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1900. The club won the French league twice and the French cup also twice . In 1934 they became the first club to win the French league and cup double....

.

Anatol was naturalized as a French citizen in 1929 and made his national team debut on 24 March 1929 in a 2–0 victory over Portugal

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...

. He made 15 more appearances with the team and scored his only goal on 23 March 1930 in a 3–3 draw with Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

. The goal was scored from 40 metres (43.7 yd) out.