Gregorio Benito

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Goyo Benito
Personnel
Surname Gregorio Benito Rubio
birthday October 21, 1946
place of birth El Puente del Arzobispo , Toledo Province ,  Spain
date of death April 2, 2020
Place of death Madrid ,  Spain
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
0000-1962 Salesianos de Atocha
1962-1966 real Madrid
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1966-1982 real Madrid 317 (2)
1966-1968 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 43 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1978 Spain 23 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Gregorio Benito Rubio (born October 21, 1946 in El Puente del Arzobispo , Toledo Province , † April 2, 2020 in Madrid ) was a Spanish football player .

Career

Gregorio "Goyo" Benito began his career with the small Madrid club Salesianos de Atocha before joining the Real Madrid youth team at the age of 16 . After four years in his youth, he went on loan to Rayo Vallecano , with whom he reached promotion to the Segunda División in his first season . Rayo didn't lose a single game, and the defense around Hernández, Chufi and Benito themselves made a name for themselves in Spanish football. After another season, coach Miguel Muñoz finally took him over to Real Madrid's first squad in 1968, but due to his military service it was not until October 27, 1969 that Goyo Benito finally made his debut. He immediately secured a regular place in central defense and achieved a total of eleven national titles in the following 14 years, including six championships and five cup wins . An international title, however, was denied him; although he reached the final of the 1970/71 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1980/81 European Cup with Real Madrid, but lost to Chelsea and Liverpool .

Gregorio Benito was part of the Spanish squad at the 1968 Olympic Games , where his team reached the quarter-finals. He played 23 games with the Spanish senior team .

Benito is, besides Pirri, the only bearer of the Laureada ( laurel wreath ), an award with which Real Madrid rewards special sacrifice.

He died in April 2020 at the age of 73 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Gregorio Benito was suffering from advanced Alzheimer's disease at the time of death .

successes

Web links

  • Benito. In: Fútbol en la Red. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007 (Spanish).;
  • Gregorio Benito in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Muere Goyo Benito, Defensa histórico del Real Madrid. In: Marca.com . April 2, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Ben Hayward: Goyo Benito: Real Madrid legend dies after contracting coronavirus. In: standard.co.uk . April 2, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2020 .
  3. ^ Carlos Toro: Muere Goyo Benito. In: elmundo.es . April 3, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Benito, Gregorio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benito Rubio, Gregorio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH El Puente del Arzobispo , Spain
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2020
Place of death Madrid , Spain