Santillana (footballer)
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| Santillana | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Carlos Alonso González | |
| Date of birth | August 23, 1952 | |
| Place of birth | Santillana del Mar, Spain | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth career | ||
1966–1970 |
Satélite Barreda |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1970–1971 1971–1988 |
Racing Santander Real Madrid |
461 (186) |
| National team | ||
| 1971 1971–1976 1981 1975–1985 |
Spain U23 Spain amateur Spain B Spain |
1 (0) 6 (3) 1 (1) 56 (15) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carlos Alonso González (born August 23, 1952 in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria), aka Santillana (nickname taken from birthplace), is a former Spanish footballer, in the striker position.
Best known for his Real Madrid spell, Santillana was known for his stellar heading ability, despite not reaching 1.80m, and is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the history of Spanish football.[1]
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[edit] Club career
Santillana started playing professionally with Racing de Santander, moving to Real Madrid and the first division in 1971, aged just 19, and proceeding to score 10 goals from 34 contests in his debut season, as Real were crowned league champions.
In total, Santillana won nine league trophies, adding four domestic cups and back-to-back UEFA Cups (where he scored in both of the finals). He played 778 first team matches (a record which stood until Manuel Sanchís surpassed him during 1997–98) in which he scored 352 goals. The eighth highest topscorer of all-time in the Spanish first division (186 goals in 461 matches), he never won the Pichichi award, however.
After just 12 matches played in 1987–88, in which he netted four times, Santillana retired from football aged almost 36, scoring in a 2–1 home win over Real Valladolid (with Madrid conquering three titles in a row in his final three seasons).
[edit] International career
Santillana earned 56 international caps and scored 15 goals for the Spanish national team, his debut being on April 17, 1975, in an UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Romania (1–1, in Madrid).
He represented his country in the Argentina 1978 and Spain 1982 World Cups, and another three European Championships: 1976, reaching the quarterfinals, 1980, failing to advance to the second round, and 1984, in which Spain were losing finalists to hosts France, with Santillana coming close from scoring the opener on a header saved just off the line by Frenchman (of Spanish origin) Luis Fernández.
On December 21, 1983, during a European Championship qualifying match against Malta that Spain had to win by 11 goals in order to qualify, Santillana scored a hat-trick in the first half and added a fourth in the second period, as Spain qualified at the expense of the Netherlands. Incidentally, his former understudy at Real Madrid, Hipólito Rincón (now at Real Betis), also scored four goals in a 12–1 success.
[edit] Honours
- Real Madrid:
- UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
- Spanish League: 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
- Spanish Cup: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82
- Spanish League Cup: 1984–85
[edit] References
- ^ Real Madrid biography (Spanish)
[edit] External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- NationalFootballTeams data
- Santillana (footballer) FIFA competition record
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| Preceded by José Martínez Pirri |
Real Madrid captain 1979–1988 |
Succeeded by Manolo Sanchís |
