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Real Madrid legend Amancio Amaro dies

Amancio Amaro Varela (La Coruña, 1939), former player and honorary president of Real Madrid and Spanish soccer legend, died this morning at the age of 83, the white club reported.

“A benchmark for Real Madrid and current honorary president of our club, he was a Real Madrid player from 1962 to 1976. Throughout those 14 seasons he played 471 games, scored 155 goals and became one of the great legends of our team”recalls in a statement the club chaired by Florentino Pérez.

With a “So long Amancio”Real Madrid says goodbye to a player who arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu in 1962 from Deportivo, with the stripes of having been the top scorer in the Second Division.

First European Cup for Spain

Amancio won the sixth European Cup with Real Madrid, 9 Leagues and 3 Spanish Cups, as well as being the top scorer in 1969 and 1970, and was a full international 42 times with the Spanish team, with which he won the first Euro Cup, in 1964 at the Santiago Bernabéu, against the Soviet Union. That year he was third in the Ballon d’Or after Scotsman Denis Law and his good friend Luis Suárez.

He even participated with the FIFA world team that faced Brazil in the Maracana in 1968.

The Galician winger, who retired in June 1976, was also an important man on the Real Madrid bench, especially at the head of the first subsidiary, Castilla, with whom he won the Second Division championship in the 1983/84 campaign , a historical landmark, and with which he was considered the ‘father’ of the famous Quinta del Buitre.

Honorary President of Real Madrid

His death comes just over a year after the death of the previous honorary president of the Santiago Bernabéu entity, Paco Gento, with whom he shared many moments, including the 1966 continental title and in which the Galician opened the scoring. of the triumph against Partizan, and a few months later of being unanimously elected for said honor at the club’s Extraordinary General Assembly held on October 2, 2022.

“This appointment is an honor. I am very excited. I can only thank everyone. My colleagues and friends Alfredo Di Stéfano and Paco Gento have been my predecessors and it is an honor to hold this position. Above any name there is always the team and that is the greatness of the club. This is the dream brooch to my career. Thanks from my heart”he said then.

The news, which has caused a notable impact on Real Madrid and Spanish football, was received by the Real Madrid first team in Liverpool, where tonight they will face the German team Jurgen Klopp, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. EFE

Source: Euronews Español

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