Ignacio Zoco
Spanish footballer (1939–2015)
Ignacio Zoco Esparza (31 July 1939 – 28 September 2015) was a Spanish footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder. He played 12 years of his professional career with Real Madrid, appearing in more than 400 official games and winning ten major titles.
.jpg) Zoco in 1971 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ignacio Zoco Esparza | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1939 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Garde, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 September 2015 (aged 76) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Esperanza | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Oberena | |||||||||||||
| 1959–1962 | Osasuna | 69 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1959 | → Iruña (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 1962–1974 | Real Madrid | 318 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Total | 387 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Spain B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1961–1969 | Spain | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||
Zoco played more than 20 times with Spain, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship, winning the 1964 European Nations' Cup.
Zoco died in Madrid on 28 September 2015, after a long illness. He was 76 years old.[1][2]
Career statistics
change| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 December 1963 | Mestalla, Valencia, Spain |  Belgium |
1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly[3] |
Honours
changeReal Madrid
- La Liga: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72[4]
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1969–70, 1973–74; Runner-up 1967–68[4]
- European Cup: 1965–66[4]
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1970–71
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1966
Spain
Individual
References
change- ↑ Muere Ignacio Zoco, legendario jugador del Real Madrid (Ignacio Zoco, legendary Real Madrid player, dies); El Mundo, 28 September 2015 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Muere Ignacio Zoco, una leyenda del Real Madrid 'ye-yé' (Ignacio Zoco, legend of 'ye-yé' Real Madrid, dies); Diario AS, 28 September 2015(in Spanish)
- ↑ España, 1 – Belgica, 2 (Spain, 1 – Belgium, 2); Mundo Deportivo, 2 December 1963 (in Spanish)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Restraint, commitment and drive in the midfield". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "1964 team of the tournament". UEFA. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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