José Llopis Corona

José Llopis Corona (born June 4, 1918 in Alicante , † January 29, 2011 ibid) was a Spanish football player .

Athletic career

Corona started playing football at smaller clubs in Alicante. There he made his adult debut for Gimnástico Carolinas , when national game operations resumed after the civil war in 1939, he ran for the then second division club FC Alicante in the Segunda División . While the club could not hold the class, he had drawn higher class attention and in 1941 joined local rivals Hércules Alicante in the Primera División . Also with this he was relegated, but stayed in the second division for one more season.

In 1943 Corona moved to Real Madrid , where he was a regular in the club's defensive line for the next five years. Just a few weeks after his arrival, he was a participant in an " El Clásico " that went down in history: in the 11-1 victory over FC Barcelona in June 1943 as part of the national cup , not only because of the result, but Even the side effects of the encounter are considered the starting shot of the rivalry between the clubs, he was on the field. He also took part in another historic game, the opening game for the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu against Belenenses Lisbon in December 1947. At the same time, he became a national team player and played in nine international matches for the Spanish national team . Overall, he won the Spanish Cup twice with the club, for which he had played 143 games, until his departure in 1948, and the first edition of the Copa Eva Duarte in 1947 . He was at times the regular penalty taker for the Madrilenians.

After his departure from Madrid, Corona ended his career with short-term engagements with league rivals Gimnàstic de Tarragona , as well as the clubs RCD Mallorca and CF Gandia . He later worked as an amateur trainer.

Corona died in January 2011 at the age of 92 in his hometown Alicante.

Web links

• José Llopis Corona in the database of bdfutbol.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} as.com: "Fallce José Llopis Corona, ex jugador del Real Madrid"
2. ↑ ^{a b c} realmadrid.com: "A tough defender who could take penalties"