Pedro Casado Bucho (20 November 1937 – 10 January 2021) was a Spanish

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Casado spent one full decade under contract to

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, but only played seven

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seasons effectively with the team. He won 11 major titles during his spell, including six national championships (five consecutive) and two European Cups, even though he did not appear in any games in the latter competition in the victorious campaigns ( 1956–57 and 1965–66). Casado played three more seasons in the top flight with

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdin ...

– no matches in his last year – following which he moved to amateur football with Club Deportivo Toluca in Santander, retiring from the game in 1971 at the age of 33.

International career

Casado gained one

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for

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, appearing in a 2–0 friendly win over

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on 2 April 1961, in his hometown of Madrid.

Honours

Real Madrid *

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: 1956–57, 1965–66 * Intercontinental Cup:

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: 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

: 1961–62 *

Latin Cup The Latin Cup was an international football tournament for club sides from the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and requested FIFA to launch the competition. Europ ...

: 1957

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casado, Pedro 1937 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Madrid Spanish footballers Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Real Madrid CF players Real Madrid Castilla footballers CE Sabadell FC footballers Spain international footballers