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Rubén Cano
Personal information
Full name	Rubén Andrés Cano Martínez
Date of birth	5 February 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	San Rafael, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	San Rafael
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1974	Atlanta
1974–1976	Elche
1976–1982	Atlético Madrid
1982–1985	Tenerife
1985–1987	Rayo Vallecano
Total
International career
1977–1979	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Template:Spanish name Rubén Andrés Cano Martínez (born 5 February 1951) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

He played in 228 La Liga games over the course of eight seasons (94 goals) in representation of two teams, mainly Atlético Madrid.

Cano appeared for Spain at the 1978 World Cup.^[1]

Club career

Born in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina to Spanish parents, Cano started his professional career with Buenos Aires-based Club Atlético Atlanta, remaining four years with the team. In 1974, he returned to the land of his ancestors and joined Elche CF, making his La Liga debut on 14 September 1974 in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid and finishing his first season with six goals in 32 games as the Valencians ranked in eighth position.

In the 1976 off-season, Cano signed for precisely Atlético de Madrid, scoring 20 times in his first year – fifth-best in the competition – as the Colchoneros won the national championship, one point ahead of FC Barcelona. He added 40 in the following two seasons combined, and formed an efficient forward partnership during his spell with another Argentine-born player, Rubén Ayala.^[2]

After only 12 games (one goal) in 1981–82, 32-year-old Cano left Atlético and joined CD Tenerife in the third division, helping the Canary Islands side promote in his debut season and remaining with the club for a further two second level campaigns; he closed out his career at the age of 36 after a couple of years with another team in Madrid, division two's Rayo Vallecano.

International career

Cano chose to represent Spain internationally, going on to win 12 caps in two years. His debut occurred on 16 April 1977 in a 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Romania (0–1 loss in Bucharest); also in that competition, he scored the game's only goal in Belgrade on 30 November to help his adopted nation defeat Yugoslavia and top its group.^[3]

Picked for the finals in Argentina, Cano appeared in the 1–2 defeat against Austria, in an eventual group stage exit.

References

^ "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "El gol del Atlético". Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "El fútbol y la 'españolía'". El País (in Spanish). 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Rubén Cano at BDFutbol
Rubén Cano at National-Football-Teams.com
Rubén Cano – FIFA competition record (archived)
Spain stats at Eu-Football
Stats at Footballdatabase

[1] "Los 11 jugadores nacidos fuera de España con más partidos". Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[2] "El gol del Atlético". Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[3] "El fútbol y la 'españolía'". El País (in Spanish). 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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 ==Club career==
-Born in [[San Rafael, Mendoza]], [[Argentina]] to [[Spanish people|Spanish]] parents, Cano started his professional career with [[Buenos Aires]]-based [[Club Atlético Atlanta]], remaining four years with the team. In 1974 he returned to the land of his ancestors and joined [[Elche CF]], making his [[La Liga]] debut on 14 September 1974 in a 1–0 home win against [[Atlético Madrid]] and finishing [[1974–75 La Liga|his first season]] with six goals in 32 games as the [[Valencian Community|Valencians]] ranked in eighth position.
+Born in [[San Rafael, Mendoza]], [[Argentina]] to [[Spanish people|Spanish]] parents, Cano started his professional career with [[Buenos Aires]]-based [[Club Atlético Atlanta]], remaining four years with the team. In 1974, he returned to the land of his ancestors and joined [[Elche CF]], making his [[La Liga]] debut on 14 September 1974 in a 1–0 home win against [[Atlético Madrid]] and finishing [[1974–75 La Liga|his first season]] with six goals in 32 games as the [[Valencian Community|Valencians]] ranked in eighth position.
 In the 1976 off-season, Cano signed for precisely Atlético de Madrid, scoring 20 times in [[1976–77 La Liga|his first year]] – fifth-best in the competition – as the ''Colchoneros'' won the national championship, one point ahead of [[FC Barcelona]]. He added 40 in the following two seasons combined, and formed an efficient forward partnership during his spell with another Argentine-born player, [[Rubén Ayala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/04/22/mas_futbol/1398180610_488189.html|title=El gol del Atlético|trans_title=Atlético's goal|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|date=22 April 2014|accessdate=23 April 2016}}</ref>