Quini
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 Quini, 1983
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Enrique Castro González | |
| birthday | September 23, 1949 | |
| place of birth | Oviedo , Spain | |
| date of death | February 27, 2018 | |
| Place of death | Gijón , Spain | |
| size | 176 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Don Bosco | ||
| 1966-1968 | Club Deportivo Ensidesa | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1968-1980 | Sporting Gijón | 325 (215) |
| 1980-1984 | FC Barcelona | 99 (51) |
| 1984-1987 | Sporting Gijón | 61 (17) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1968 | Spain U18 | 2 (0) |
| 1971 | Spain U23 | 1 (0) |
| 1970-1982 | Spain | 35 (8) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Quini , real name Enrique Castro González (born September 23, 1949 in Oviedo , † February 27, 2018 in Gijón ), was a Spanish football player .
Career
The striker scored a total of 216 goals in 447 games in the Spanish league and was the five-time Spanish top scorer ( Pichichi ). During his career, Quini played for Sporting Gijón and FC Barcelona . Considered one of the best players in the history of Spanish football, he is a legend among the supporters of Sporting Gijón.
Quini, who was also called El Brujo (The Magician), took part as a Spanish national player in the Football World Cup in 1978 and 1982 and in the European Championship in 1980 .
On January 8, 2009, he took on as the responsible coach of Sporting Gijón in the Nou Camp against FC Barcelona.
Quini died on February 27, 2018 at the age of 68 of complications from a heart attack . The venue of Sporting Gijón, El Molinón , is to be named after him in his honor .
kidnapping
On March 1, 1981, Quini was kidnapped after the game against Hércules Alicante . Barcelona had won 6-0 with two goals from Quini. When he was about to leave Camp Nou , he was intercepted by three people who armed with a gun and kidnapped him in a van.
Hours later, Quini's wife sounded the alarm. On the Tuesday after the kidnapping, the kidnappers gave the first sign of life; they contacted Quini's family and asked for a ransom of 100 million pesetas (€ 600,000).
The news of the kidnapping affected the entire squad, but the German Bernd Schuster , who was very good friends with Quini , was particularly affected . The team had even considered not playing a game until Quini's release. Despite Schuster's hesitation, the team was convinced by a tape that Quini had recorded in captivity to refrain from the measure. In the six games in which Quini was absent from the team, Barcelona managed only one draw, with five defeats.
During this time, the jersey with the number 9 that Quini played was not used, the approval of the Spanish Football Association was required. At that time, consecutive numbers from 1 to 11 were assigned on the grid.
On March 25, 1981, the first kidnapper who had traveled to Switzerland to hand over the ransom was arrested in Geneva. A mechanic informed the police where Quini was being kept. Hours later, police freed Quini from a cellar in a Zaragoza apartment building and arrested two other kidnappers, an electrician and a mechanic, who, because of their debts, had decided to kidnap the top striker in the Spanish championship.
Quini later never commented on his kidnappers, he only answered questions that he had forgiven them ("Who am I to judge others").
successes
- European Cup Winners' Cup : 1982
- Copa del Rey : 1981, 1983
- Supercopa de España : 1983
- Copa de la Liga : 1983
- Footballer of the Year in Spain : 1979
- Primera División top scorer : 1974 , 1976 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982
- World Cup participation: 1978 (1 mission) , 1982 (3 missions)
- European Championship participation: 1980 (2 appearances, 1 goal)
Web links
- Quini in the database of weltfussball.de
- Player profile at BDFutbol.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Muere el legendario delantero asturiano Enrique Castro Quini in: La Vanguardia of February 27, 2018
- ↑ Quini died at the age of 68 , kicker.de, February 27, 2018, accessed on February 28, 2018.
- ↑ Flags at half mast: Gijon names the stadium after "magician" Quini , kicker.de, February 28, 2018, accessed on February 28, 2018.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Quini |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castro Gonzalez, Enrique (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oviedo , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 2018 |
| Place of death | Gijón , Spain |