Paco Gento

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)
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)
International career
1956 Spain B 1 (0)
1955–1969 Spain 43 (5)
Managerial career
Real Madrid Castilla
1974 Castellón
1977–1980 Palencia
1980–1981 Granada
1997–2000 Cantabria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Death

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Santander 1952–53 Primera División 10241——143
Real Madrid 1953–54 Primera División 17040——210
1954–55 24630—20296
1955–56 2976371—4211
1956–57 2773081234011
1957–58 2875163—3911
1958–59 2174281—3310
1959–60 27155362—3820
1960–61 2898321113914
1961–62 2569492—4312
1962–63 2574121—319
1963–64 24122093—3515
1964–65 2343065—329
1965–66 28103293—4015
1966–67 20115040103011
1967–68 2481075—3213
1968–69 2682120—309
1969–70 2434133—317
1970–71 702060—150
Total 4271277321943164600183
Career total 4371297822943164614186
  1. ↑ All appearances in European Cup, unless otherwise noted
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Latin Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 195510
195610
195770
195820
195951
196040
196171
196260
196331
196631
196721
196820
196910
Total445
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gento goal.
List of international goals scored by Francisco Gento
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
114 October 1959Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain Poland3–03–01960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
22 April 1961Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain France2–02–0Friendly
330 October 1963Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–01–01964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
423 June 1966Riazor, A Coruña, Spain Uruguay1–11–1Friendly
531 May 1967San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain Turkey2–02–0UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

Honours

Real Madrid before the 1966 European Cup Final against FK Partizan

Real Madrid

Semi-official
Non-official

Individual

Records

References

  1. 1 2 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.