José Cantón

José Cantón
Personal information
Full name	José Cantón Landazuri
Date of birth	23 March 1937
Place of birth	Basauri, Spain
Date of death	13 November 2013 (aged 76)
Place of death	San Fernando, Spain
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Basauri B.E.A.
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956–1958	Basconia
1958–1960	Racing Santander
1960–1964	San Fernando
1964–1965	Reus
1965–1966	Gimnàstic
1966–1967	Cádiz
1967–1974	San Fernando
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Cantón Landazuri (23 March 1937 – 13 November 2013) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Born in Basauri, Biscay, Cantón played for CD Basconia, Racing de Santander, CD San Fernando (two spells), CF Reus Deportiu, Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Cádiz CF during an 18-year senior career. He played in Segunda División with the second, third and last clubs, competing with the remaining in the lower leagues.^[1]^[2]

Cantón worked as a manager after retiring, exclusively at amateur level, He died on 13 November 2013 in San Fernando, Cádiz, at the age of 76.^[2]

^ "Cantón, de Basauri a La Isla" [Cantón, from Basauri to La Isla] (in Spanish). Fueron Azulinos. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b Quiñones Miralles, Javi (14 November 2013). "Fallece el exfutbolista José Cantón, un delantero que dejó huella" [Former footballer José Cantón, a forward who made a mark, dies] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 15 November 2013.