Marquitos
| Marquitos | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Marcos Alonso Imaz | |
| birthday | April 16, 1933 | |
| place of birth | Santander , Spain | |
| date of death | March 6, 2012 | |
| Place of death | Santander , Spain | |
| size | 182 cm | |
| position | Defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Rayo Cantabria | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1951-1954 | Racing Santander | 42 (0) |
| 1954-1952 | real Madrid | 158 (2) |
| 1962-1963 | Hércules Alicante | 16 (0) |
| 1963-1964 | Real Murcia | 24 (1) |
| 1964-1966 | Calvo Sotelo | 30 (1) |
| 1970-1971 | CD Toluca | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1955-1960 | Spain | 2 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Marquitos (actually Marcos Alonso Imaz ; born April 16, 1933 in Santander ; † March 6, 2012 ibid) was a Spanish football player . He was five times Spanish champion with Real Madrid and won the European Cup as often .
Career
Marquitos began his career at Rayo Cantabria , a lower class club from his hometown. In 1951 he moved to Racing Santander , the leading football club in Santander and Cantabria . In the same year he made his debut in the Spanish first division and fought for a regular place as a central defender. In 1954, at the age of 21, he moved to Real Madrid . In his first season with the Madrilenians, he won his first championship. Four more championship titles and a success in the Spanish Cup were to follow by 1962. In the newly created European Cup , he was in the five finals of Real Madrid from 1956 to 1960, first as a central defender, in later years as a right-back in the starting lineup of the Royal. In the 1956 final against Stade de Reims , he even scored a goal. He also won the first World Cup with Real Madrid in 1960 .
In 1962 he left Real Madrid and played for various smaller clubs for the next few years before ending his active career in 1966. In 1970 he played again for a season at CD Toluca , a small club in his hometown, before finally retiring from football.
Despite his success with Real Madrid, he was unable to assert himself in the Spanish national team . He only played a friendly game for the Iberians in 1955 and 1960.
successes
- Spanish champions : 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962
- Spanish runner-up: 1959, 1960
- Spanish cup winner : 1962
- Spanish cup finalist: 1958, 1960, 1961
- European championship champions : 1956 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 , 1960
- World Cup Winner : 1960
Trivia
His son Marcos Alonso Peña was also a professional footballer at Atlético Madrid and FC Barcelona , where he played from 1982 to 1987, and his grandson Marcos Alonso Mendoza made his league debut with Real Madrid in April 2010 .
Web links
- Marquitos in the database of bdfutbol.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Murió Marquitos, defensa de leyenda del Real Madrid (as.com), March 6, 2012
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marquitos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alonso, Marcos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santander |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 2012 |
| Place of death | Santander |