Paco Gento

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Paco Gento
Gento in 1962
Personal information
Full name Francisco Gento López
Date of birth (1933-10-21)21 October 1933
Place of birth Guarnizo, Spain
Date of death 18 January 2022(2022-01-18) (aged 88)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
SD Nueva Montaña
Unión Club Astillero
Rayo Cantabria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1953 Racing Santander 10 (2)
1953–1971 Real Madrid 427 (127)
Total 437 (129)
National team
1956 Spain B 1 (0)
1955–1969 Spain 43 (5)
Teams managed
Real Madrid Castilla
1974 Castellón
1977–1980 Palencia
1980–1981 Granada
1997–2000 Cantabria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Francisco Gento López (21 October 1933 – 18 January 2022) was a Spanish football player. He played for Spain national team.

Death[change | change source]

Gento died in Madrid, Spain on 18 January 2022, aged 88.[2]

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Santander 1952–53 Primera División 10 2 4 1 14 3
Real Madrid 1953–54 Primera División 17 0 4 0 21 0
1954–55 24 6 3 0 2[b] 0 29 6
1955–56 29 7 6 3 7 1 42 11
1956–57 27 7 3 0 8 1 2[b] 3 40 11
1957–58 28 7 5 1 6 3 39 11
1958–59 21 7 4 2 8 1 33 10
1959–60 27 15 5 3 6 2 38 20
1960–61 28 9 8 3 2 1 1[c] 1 39 14
1961–62 25 6 9 4 9 2 43 12
1962–63 25 7 4 1 2 1 31 9
1963–64 24 12 2 0 9 3 35 15
1964–65 23 4 3 0 6 5 32 9
1965–66 28 10 3 2 9 3 40 15
1966–67 20 11 5 0 4 0 1[c] 0 30 11
1967–68 24 8 1 0 7 5 32 13
1968–69 26 8 2 1 2 0 30 9
1969–70 24 3 4 1 3 3 31 7
1970–71 7 0 2 0 6[d] 0 15 0
Total 427 127 73 21 94 31 6 4 600 183
Career total 437 129 78 22 94 31 6 4 614 186
  1. All appearances in European Cup, unless otherwise noted
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in Latin Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  4. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 1955 1 0
1956 1 0
1957 7 0
1958 2 0
1959 5 1
1960 4 0
1961 7 1
1962 6 0
1963 3 1
1966 3 1
1967 2 1
1968 2 0
1969 1 0
Total 44 5
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gento goal.[3]
List of international goals scored by Francisco Gento
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 October 1959 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain  Poland 3–0 3–0 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
2 2 April 1961 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain  France 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 30 October 1963 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland 1–0 1–0 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
4 23 June 1966 Riazor, A Coruña, Spain  Uruguay 1–1 1–1 Friendly
5 31 May 1967 San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain  Turkey 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

Honours[change | change source]

Real Madrid before the 1966 European Cup Final against FK Partizan

Real Madrid[4]

Semi-official
Non-official

Individual

Records

  • Most La Liga titles: 12[9]
  • Most European Cup titles: 6[10]
  • Most European Cup final appearances: 8 (tied with Paolo Maldini)[11]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Paco Gento at BDFutbol
  2. Muere Francisco Gento, leyenda del Real Madrid y único futbolista con 6 Copas de Europa (in Spanish)
  3. Relaño, Alfredo (3 September 2017). "Gento, el caso Villa de los sesenta". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  4. Gil-Vernet, Pepe (18 January 2022). "Los 23 títulos de Paco Gento" [Paco Gento's 23 titles]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. "ERIC BATTY’S WORLD XI – THE SIXTIES" Retrieved on 29 November 2015
  6. "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. "World Soccer 100 Players of the Century". www.topendsports.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. "He won 12 league titles, another all-time record. | Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. Saffer, Paul (18 May 2016). "Reyes's fifth win: top UEFA club cup winners". UEFA. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  11. "Champions League final records and statistics". UEFA. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.