Eduardo Manchón
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduardo Manchón Molina | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 2010 | ||
| Place of death | Barcelona | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948−1949 | Barcelona amateur | ||
| 1949−1950 | SD España Industrial | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1950−1957 | FC Barcelona | 144 | (57) |
| 1957−1958 | Granada CF | 17 | (4) |
| 1958−1959 | Deportivo de La Coruña | ||
| 1959−1961 | Club Atlètic Ibèria | ||
| 1961−1962 | CE L'Hospitalet | ||
| Total | 161 | (61) | |
| National team | |||
| Catalonia | 1 | (0) | |
| 1954 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Eduardo Manchón Molina (born 24 July 1930 in Barcelona, died there on 29 September 2010) was a Spanish footballer.
The striker on the left wing belonged to the legendary "Five Cups-Barça", which in 1952 won all five possible trophies.
Between 1950 and 1957 he scored 88 goals in 201 games for FC Barcelona, who witnessed one of his most successful sections in this period. The left-footed, but could also conclude with the right, won twice the competition, four times the Spanish Cup and twice the Copa Eva Duarte and even the Latin Cup with the club.[1]
Career
Manchón, son of a hard-working family from Murcia, joined FC Barcelona at the age of 16 years. He first played for the Catalan SD España Industrial, which was the reserve team of FC Barcelona at the time. At the fifth round of the season 1950/51 Manchón made his league debut for the first team against Valencia and also managed to score his first goal.[2]
Together with László Kubala, César and Estanislau Basora, he formed one of the most dangerous storm then rows in the club's history. In the 1951/52 season the club managed to win all five trophies (Championship, Cup, Latin Cup, Copa Eva Duarte and Trofeo Martini & Rossi).
After his time at Barça, he played for the first division side Granada CF in the 1957-58 season and later for Deportivo de La Coruña, Club Atlètic Ibèria and CE L'Hospitalet.
Manchon ran once for the Spanish national team in his career. This was during a qualifying match for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, a 0−1 defeat against Turkey. In addition, the Catalans can also record an insert for the Catalonia national football team.[3]
After a long illness Manchón died on 29 September 2010 at the age of 80 years.[1]
Honours
- La Liga (2): 1952, 1953
- Copa del Generalísimo (4): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957
- Copa Eva Duarte (2): 1952, 1953
- Latin Cup (1): 1952
References
- 1 2 FCBarcelona.cat: Eduard Manchón Dies
- ↑ weltfussball.de: Primera Division 1950/1951 .:. 5. Spieltag
- ↑ veteransfcbarcelona.cat: Manchón Molina, Eduard