Eduardo Manchón

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

References

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