Ignacio Zoco

Ignacio Zoco
Personnel
Surname	Ignacio Zoco Esparza
birthday	July 31, 1939
place of birth	Guard , Roncal Valley ,  Spain
date of death	September 28, 2015
Place of death	Madrid ,  Spain
size	184 cm
position	Defensive midfield defense
Juniors
Years	station
1957-1959	Club Deportivo Oberena
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1959-1962	CA Osasuna	40 (4)
1962-1974	real Madrid	318 (8)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1961-1969	Spain	25 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Ignacio Zoco (1971)

Ignacio Zoco Esparza (born July 31, 1939 in Garde , Roncal Valley , † September 28, 2015 in Madrid ) was a Spanish football player .

career

Originally from the small Pyrenean village of Garde, Zoco began his football career in Pamplona at CD Oberena . The most important club in the region, CA Osasuna , quickly became aware of him and signed Zoco in 1959. After two strong years in the Primera División , Real Madrid, coached by Miguel Muñoz , signed the then 22-year-old defensive player as part of the squad restructuring. Stars like Alfredo Di Stéfano or Ferenc Puskás had passed their zenith and slowly had to be replaced at this point. To this end, young footballers such as Amancio , Pirri , Manuel Sanchís (senior) and Zoco were signed up, as well as talented young players from the club such as Ramón Grosso and Manuel Velázquez were integrated into the team. After numerous national successes, this team, made up only of Spaniards and nicknamed "el Madrid yé-yé" , won the European Cup in the 1965/66 season .

National team

Ignacio Zoco won with the Spanish national team the 1964 European Nations' Cup . He also took part in the 1966 World Cup, but retired with his team in the preliminary round.

successes

club

• 1 × European Champion's Cup
  • 1965/66
• 7 × Spanish champion
  • 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1971/72
• 2 × Copa del Rey
  • 1969/70, 1973/74

National team

• 1 × European champion
  • 1964

Web links

Commons : Ignacio Zoco  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ignacio Zoco in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)