Joaquín Cortizo Rosendo
Joaquín Cortizo Rosendo ( October 4, 1932 - January 4, 2018 ) was a Spanish football player and official.
Athletic career
Cortizo joined Celta Vigo in 1956 in the Primera División and thus began his career in professional football. After two seasons in which he could only book seven games in the top Spanish league, he moved to league rivals Real Saragossa . He ran into the following eight to years, but he won with the club in 1964 under coach Luis Bello on the side of Severino Reija , Francisco Santa María , Marcelino Martínez , Juan Manuel Villa , Carlos Lapetra and captain Enrique Yarza with the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup by a 2-1 final success in the domestic Spanish final duel with Valencia CF an international title. During his club membership, the club was between 1963 and 1966 four times in a row in the final of the Copa Generalísimo . He was involved in the first two finals, after a final defeat in 1963 against CF Barcelona , he won the title the following year after a 2-1 final win over Atlético Madrid .
A serious foul in a duel with Atlético Madrid in December 1964 as part of the championship significantly influenced Cortizo's further career: after he broke Enrique Collar , one of the opponent's star players, in a tackle, he was suspended for 24 games and came up to his return to the football field in Spanish football on the opening day of the season 1965/66 - of all things opponent was again Atlético Madrid - in the future only in the European Cup for applications where up to the semi-finals in he 1964-65 European Cup winners' Cup against the later title holder West Ham United accrued. Accordingly, he was not involved in the lost final in 1965 against Atlético Madrid, but also in the renewed triumph in 1966 against Atlético Bilbao . He then left the club and joined the second division Real Jaén , where he ended his professional career after a year in the Segunda División .
Cortizo later became involved in the club politics of Real Jaén, where he rose to club president in the 1980s.
Web links
- Joaquín Cortizo at bdfutbol.com
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cortizo Rosendo, Joaquín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish soccer player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1932 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2018 |