Amacio Amaro in an act in 2013Getty
Real Madrid is in mourning at the moment. Amancio Amaro, one in all its legendary strikers from the Nineteen Sixties and honorary president of the white membership since October, has died this Tuesday on the age of 83. Amaro wore the white shirt for 14 seasons (1962-1976) with which he managed to carry the sixth European Cup, 9 Leagues and three Spanish Cups to the showcases of the Chamartín membership.
Real Madrid introduced his dying with a press release this morning wherein he recalled the determine of Amancio and what he has represented for Real Madrid all through his private {and professional} profession.
“Real Madrid CF, its president and its Board of Directors deeply remorse the dying of Amancio Amaro, honorary president of Real Madrid and one of many nice legends of our membership and of world soccer.
Real Madrid needs to specific its condolences and affection to his spouse Consuelo, to his kids Óscar, Belén, Amancio, Patricia, Marcos and Claudia, to his brother Juan Carlos, to his grandchildren and to all his kinfolk, colleagues and family members.” reads the assertion.
14 seasons carrying the white jersey
Amancio arrived at Real Madrid in 1962 from Deportivo de La Coruña, and defended the Real Madrid shirt for fourteen seasons, till 1976. Together with Paco Gento, Amancio led Real Madrid after 5 consecutive European Cups. In that lengthy decade he added 13 titles to the showcases of the Chamartín membership. The most vital was the Sixth European Cup in 1966 on the Heysel stadium in Brussels, in a historic closing wherein he scored the primary purpose to beat Partizan in Belgrade. As a Real Madrid participant, he performed 471 video games, scored 155 targets and was the league’s prime scorer on two events.
He was capped 42 occasions and received his first European Championship with the Spanish staff in 1964 on the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Amancio was additionally a part of the FIFA world staff that in 1968 confronted Brazil on the Maracana stadium.
On the Madrid bench
After his retirement, Amancio continued to be linked to Real Madrid from the benches. As a coach, he managed for Castilla to complete first within the Second Division championship in 1984. It is the one subsidiary staff of a Spanish soccer membership that has achieved it up to now. In addition, with Amancio as coach, one of the vital generations of homegrown gamers in our historical past was solid: the Quinta del Buitre.