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Real Madrid Castilla
Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team that plays in . It is Real Madrid's reserve team. They play their home games at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Reserve teams in Spain play in the same league system as their senior team rather than a separate league. Reserve teams, however, cannot play in the same division as their senior team. Therefore, Real Madrid Castilla are ineligible for promotion to the La Liga as long as Real Madrid plays there. Consequently, they must play at least one level below their main side and they are not eligible to play in the Copa del Rey. In addition, only under-23 players, or under-25 players with a professional contract, can switch between senior and reserve teams. History AD Plus Ultra In 1948, Agrupación Deportiva Plus Ultra, a local amateur team, then playing in the Tercera División, agreed to become a feeder club for Real Madrid. Originally formed in 1930, the team took its name from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium
Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon name Alfred (name), Alfred and a common Italian language, Italian, Galician language, Galician, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. Given name Artists and musicians * Aldo Sambrell (1931–2010), Spanish actor also known as Alfredo Sanchez Brell * Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990), Venezuelan writer * Alfredo Bryce (born 1939), Peruvian writer * Alfredo Cardona Peña (1917–1995), Costa Rican journalist, writer, biographer, poet, and essayist * Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Italian composer, pianist and conductor * Alfredo Casero (born 1962), Argentine musician, actor and comedian * Alfredo Castro (actor), Alfredo Castro (born 1955), Chilean actor * Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893), Italian operatic composer * Alfredo Filippini (1924–2020), Italian sculptor, painter and illustrator * Alfredo Gil (1915–1999), Mexican singer * Alfredo Kraus (1927–1999), Spanish operatic tenor * Alf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pedro Casado
Pedro Casado Bucho (20 November 1937 – 10 January 2021) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. Club career Casado spent one full decade under contract to Real Madrid, but only played seven La Liga 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 – 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 cap for Spain, appearing in a 2–0 friendly win over France on 2 April 1961, in his hometown of Madrid. Honours Real Madrid *European Cup: 1956–57, 1965–66 * Intercontinental Cup: 1960 *La Liga: 1956–57, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Francisco Pineda (footballer, Born 1959)
Francisco Pineda García (born 31 January 1959) is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Football career Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Pineda started playing professionally at La Liga giants Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid. He appeared relatively for the Madrid, capital club during his five-year spell but, following the signing of Argentina, Argentine Jorge Valdano and the emergence of youth product Emilio Butragueño, was deemed surplus to requirements – the team also did not win one single national championship in that timeframe – leaving in the 1985 summer. Pineda subsequently signed for Real Zaragoza, winning the Copa del Rey in 1985–86 La Liga, his debut season while adding seven goals in the league for the fourth-placed side. From 1988 onwards, however, he suffered greatly with injuries, hardly getting a game at the Aragonese and his following club, hometown's CD Málaga; he retired at the age of 31, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ricardo Gallego
Ricardo Gallego Redondo (born 8 February 1959) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Most of his professional career was associated to Real Madrid, for whom he appeared in 372 competitive games in nine years, winning a total of ten titles. Gallego earned almost 45 caps for Spain, representing the nation in two World Cups and as many European Championships. Club career A product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid's youth system, Madrid-born Gallego made a quick impression with the first team, appearing in 26 matches in his first year and being a midfield mainstay the following seasons as he totalled 250 top-division matches with the conquest of, among others, four leagues, two Copa del Rey and consecutive UEFA Cups (1985–86); blessed with physical and technical ability alike, he could operate with equal efficiency as sweeper. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Agustín (footballer)
Agustín Rodríguez Santiago (born 10 September 1959), known simply as Agustín, is a Spanish former Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Club career Agustín was born in Marín, Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Even though he had already trained with the first team, the Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid youth graduate was definitely promoted to the squad for the 1980–81 La Liga, 1980–81 season. On 4 April 1981, he benefitted from injury to starter Mariano García Remón to make his La Liga debut, playing 71 minutes in the 3–1 away win over UD Salamanca.Agustín, el portero del primer ‘EuroTenerife’ (Agustín, goalkeeper of the first 'EuroTenerife')< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Golden Age (metaphor)
A golden age is a period considered the peak in the history of a country or people, a time period when the greatness, greatest achievements were made. The term originated from early ancient Greece, Greek and ancient Rome, Roman poets, who used it to refer to a time when mankind lived in a better time and was pure (see Golden Age). The ancient Greek poet Hesiod introduced the term in his ''Works and Days'', when referring to the period when the "Golden Race" of man lived. This was part of fivefold division of Ages of Man, starting with the Golden age, then the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Greek Heroic Age, Age of Heroes (including the Trojan War), and finally, the current Iron Age. The concept was further refined by Ovid, in his ''Metamorphoses'', into the four "metal ages" (golden, silver, bronze, and iron). The Golden age in Classic literature The Golden age as described by Hesiod was an age where all humans were created directly by the Olympian gods. They lived long lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Miguel Muñoz
Miguel Muñoz Mozún (19 January 1922 – 16 July 1990) was a Spanish football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the most successful and greatest managers in football history, leading the team to two European Cup victories and nine La Liga titles (winning seven major titles in both major competitions combined as a player). Muñoz later had a six-year coaching spell with the Spain national team, and led them to the final of Euro 1984. Playing career Born in Madrid, Muñoz played for various junior teams in the area, but initially failed to attract the attention of Real Madrid, going on to subsequently represent Logroñés, Racing Santander and Celta. In 1948, he, together with the likes of Pahiño, helped the latter finish fourth in La Liga and reach the Copa del Generalísimo final, where he scored in the 1–4 defeat to Sevilla. The following seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, record sellers in music history, having sold more than 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5,000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1983, Iglesias was credited as having recorded songs in the most languages in the world, and in 2013 for being the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling male Latin artist of all-time. In April 2013 in Beijing, he was honoured as the most popular international artist in China. In Brazil, France, Italy and elsewhere, Iglesias is the most successful foreign record seller, while in his home country, Spain, he has sold the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Juan Alonso (footballer, Born 1927)
Juan Adelarpe Alonso (13 December 1927 – 8 September 1994), sometimes called ''Juanito Alonso'', was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1956, 1957 and 1958. He earned two caps for the Spain national team. Alonso won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy during the 1954–55 season. At the end of his career he played a few matches for Real Madrid's second team, which then played under the name AD Plus Ultra in the second division. Honours Real Madrid * Spanish League: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58 * European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60 Individual * Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy () is a association football, football award, established by Spanish newspaper ''Marca (newspaper), Marca'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" rati ...: 1954–55 External links * National team dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ramón Grosso
Ramón Moreno Grosso (8 December 1943 – 13 February 2002) was a Spanish football forward and manager. He spent 12 La Liga seasons with Real Madrid, appearing in 366 competitive matches (75 goals scored) and winning 11 major titles, including the 1966 European Cup. Club career Born in Madrid, Grosso reached Real Madrid's youth system at the age of 15. He returned after a short loan at neighbouring Atlético Madrid where he was instrumental in avoiding relegation from La Liga in the 1963–64 season, going on to remain 12 years at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Even though his teammates included the likes of Amancio Amaro, Francisco Gento or Ferenc Puskás, Grosso was team top scorer in his first two seasons, scoring 17 goals from 28 appearances in 1964–65 and 11 in 29 in the following. He made his debut in the European Cup on 23 September 1964, scoring in the 5–2 away win over Boldklubben 1909. In the following years, Grosso played in several positions for Real Madr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
