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Marañón (footballer)
Rafael Carlos Pérez González (born 23 July 1948), known as Marañón, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker. Even though he started professionally at Real Madrid, his career was mainly associated with Espanyol. Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 308 games and 116 goals. Marañón appeared with Spain at the 1978 World Cup. Club career Born in Olite, Navarre, Marañón arrived in the Real Madrid youth system at the age of 19, making his professional debuts with Ontinyent CF in Segunda División, on loan (a similar move occurred in the following season with Sporting de Gijón). He joined Real's first team permanently in 1970, but never imposed himself at the club during his four-year spell, appearing in a maximum of 19 La Liga games in the 1973–74 campaign. Marañón's sporting fate changed in 1974, as he signed with RCD Espanyol. After two slow seasons he would never score in single digits again, also playing European comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olite
Olite (''Erriberri'' in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the Comarca de Tafalla comarca, Merindad de Olite merindad, in Navarre, Spain. History According to Isidore of Seville's ''Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum'', the town of ''Oligicus'' was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621-631) in order to control and punish the Vascones. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Palacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre Charles III (1361 – 8 September 1425), called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours. He spent his reign improving the infrastructure of .... Twin towns - sister cities References Bibliography * Alejandro Díez. ''Olite, historia de un reino''. Gráfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
