Adrián Escudero García (24 November 19277 March 2011) was a Spanish

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who played as a striker. He is the second the all-time leading goalscorer for

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with 169 goals, having appeared for the club in 13

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seasons and played in more than 350 official games.

Club career

Escudero arrived at

in late 1945, from local amateurs Club Deportivo Mediodía. He ended his first season in

with ten games and two goals, but scored in double digits in eight of the following ten campaigns, most notably contributing with 28 goals combined as the ''Colchoneros'' won back-to-back national championships in the early 1950s. On 8 March 1953, Escudero netted Atlético's 1000th goal in the top division, in a 2–3 away loss against

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, through a penalty kick.Fallece Escudero, máximo goleador en Liga del Atlético (Escudero, Atlético's top scorer in La Liga, dies)
El Mundo, 8 March 2011 (in Spanish) At the end of 1957–58 he did not have his contract renewed and decided to retire from football, aged only 30. Escudero continued working with Atlético Madrid in the following years, first as youth team coach then as assistant manager. After the sacking of Rafael García Repullo (his former teammate) early into the 1963–64 season, he was an interim for one round, a 1–2 defeat at

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on 29 December 1963. Escudero died on 7 March 2011 in his hometown of

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, at the age of 83.

International career

Escudero earned three caps for

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in three-and-a-half years, his debut coming on 7 December 1952 in a friendly with

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played in Madrid (0–1 loss). In his only official appearance, on 17 March 1954, he scored against

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for the

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qualifiers – the third playoff match ended 2–2 in

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, and the Spaniards were eliminated after a drawing of lots.

International goals

Honours

;Atlético Madrid *

: 1949–50, 1950–51 * Copa Eva Duarte: 1951 * Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

;Individual * Monchín Triana Trophy: 1956–57

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Escudero, Adrian 1927 births 2011 deaths Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Atlético Madrid footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Atlético Madrid managers CD Badajoz managers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen