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)[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

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

Career statistics

Club

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

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

Real Madrid before the 1966 European Cup Final against FK Partizan

Real Madrid[4]

Semi-official
  • Latin Cup: 1955, 1957
Non-official
  • Small Club World Cup: 1956

Individual

  • World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962[5]
  • Golden Foot Legends Award: 2004[6]
  • World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time[7]
  • IFFHS Legends[8]

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

  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.