Enric Gensana

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Enric Gensana
Personnel
Surname Enric Gensana Merola
birthday June 3, 1936
place of birth Lleida ,  Spain
date of death September 28, 2005
Place of death Barcelona ,  Spain
position defender
Juniors
Years station
UE Lleida
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1956 UE Lleida 19 0(0)
1956-1966 FC Barcelona 131 (13)
1964-1965 →  CA Osasuna  (loan)
1965-1966 →  CD Condal  (loan)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1957-1961 Spain 10 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.

Enric Gensana Merola (born June 3, 1936 in Lleida , † September 28, 2005 ) was a Spanish football player for FC Barcelona .

Career

He made his first professional game on April 3, 1955 for UE Lleida in the Segunda División in the 1: 4 against España Industrial . In 1956 he moved to FC Barcelona and became one of the best defensive players in Europe in the early 1960s . With Barcelona under the coaches Domènec Balmanya , Helenio Herrera and Gonzalvo III , the powerful, technically adept Libero was twice champion, three times cup winner and won the trade fair cup twice . In 1961 he failed with his club in the final of the European Cup at Benfica Lisbon .

From 1956 to 1963 he played 131 league games for Barcelona, ​​scoring 13 goals.

For the national team of Spain he ran 10 times. On May 16, 1957, he completed his first international match in a 4-1 win against Scotland . Because of a meniscus injury that he had suffered years earlier, Gensana had to end his career in 1966 at the age of almost 30.

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personal data
SURNAME Gensana, Enric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gensana Merola, Enric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Lleida
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 2005