José Luis García Traid

José Luis García Traid

Personal information
Full name	José Luis García Traid
Date of birth	6 April 1936
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Date of death	11 January 1990 (aged 53)
Place of death	Zaragoza, Spain
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Patria
	La Salle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1953–1963	Zaragoza	96	(9)
1953–1954	→ Celta (loan)
1954–1955	→ Amistad (loan)
1956–1957	→ Levante (loan)	10	(2)
Total		106	(11)
National team
1962	Spain B	1	(0)
Teams managed
	San Lamberto (youth)
	Deportivo Aragón
1969–1970	Huesca
1971	Zaragoza
1973–1978	Salamanca
1978–1979	Betis
1979	Burgos
1980–1981	Atlético Madrid
1981–1982	Atlético Madrid
1982–1984	Valladolid
1985	Salamanca
1985–1986	Celta
1986	Hércules
1988–1989	Salamanca
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José Luis García Traid (6 April 1936 – 11 January 1990) was a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and a former manager.

Playing career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, García Traid represented Club Patria Aragon and SD La Salle as a youth, before joining Real Zaragoza. Loan stints followed, with Tercera División sides Celta de Vigo and UD Amistad.

García Traid made his professional debut on 13 November 1955, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 7–1 home routing of CP La Felguera for the Segunda División championship. He appeared in two further matches during the campaign, as his side achieved promotion to La Liga.

In January 1957, after making no appearances during the season, García Traid was loaned to Levante UD in the second level until June. He appeared in ten matches and scored two goals for the Valencians before his loan expired.

García Traid made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 3 November 1957, in a 0–0 away draw against UD Las Palmas. He scored his first goal in the category on 7 December of the following year, but in a 1–7 loss at Atlético Madrid.

From 1958 to 1961, García Traid became a regular starter for the Maños, with his best input consisting of 28 matches and two goals in the 1959–60 campaign. He retired in 1963, aged only 26, due to a recurrent injury.

Managerial career

After retiring García Traid worked as a manager, his first club being AD San Lamberto's youth squads. In January 1971 he was named manager of his lifetime club Zaragoza, after a one-year spell at SD Huesca.

García Traid was sacked in April, after failing to maintiain the club's first division status. In 1973 he was appointed UD Salamanca manager, achieving top level promotion at first attempt; he remained in charge of the latter until 1978.

After a spell at Real Betis in the second tier,^[1] García Traid was appointed at the helm of Burgos CF in 1979.^[2] After again suffering relegation, he was named Atlético Madrid manager.^[3]

García Traid was relieved from his duties at Atleti in August 1981,^[4] but returned to the club in November after the dismissal of Luis Cid; he remained in charge until the end of the season. In the following years he managed Real Valladolid,^[5] Salamanca (two spells), Celta de Vigo^[6] and Hércules CF.

Death

On 11 January 1990, García Traid died in Zaragoza due to a mechanical failure during a plastic surgery.^[7]

References

1. "León Lasa sustituye a García Traid como entrenador del Betis" [León Lasa replaces García Traid as Betis manager] (in Spanish). El País. 18 April 1979. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. "Fernández Seguí, posible sucesor de García Traid" [Fernández Seguí, possible successor of García Traid] (in Spanish). El País. 7 December 1979. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
3. "El Atlético ya tiene entrenador y directiva" [Atlético already have a manager and board] (in Spanish). El País. 29 July 1980. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
4. "García Traid cesa en el Atlético de Madrid" [García Traid sacked at Atlético Madrid] (in Spanish). El País. 12 August 1981. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
5. "Redondo suple a García Traid al frente del Valladolid" [Redondo replaces García Traid ahead of Valladolid] (in Spanish). El País. 13 March 1984. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
6. "El entrenador del Celta, García Traid, destituido" [Celta's manager, García Traid, sacked] (in Spanish). El País. 12 March 1986. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
7. "La muerte de García Traid se produjo por "un problema mecánico" tras una sencilla operación de cirugía estética" [García Traid's death was produced by a "mechanical failure" after a single plastic surgery] (in Spanish). El País. 12 January 1990. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

External links

• José García Traid profile at BDFutbol
• José García Traid manager profile at BDFutbol
• National team data