Julio Orozco Martín (born 14 May 1948) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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. He made 140

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appearances and scored 33 goals for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

and

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

, winning two league titles and the

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with the former. In 1980, he was banned for two years for a match-fixing scandal.

Career

Atlético Madrid

Born in Yuncler in the

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, Orozco was one of a number of players from his province to make it into the

first team in the 1960s and 1970s. He made his debut in

on 21 September 1969 in the second game of the season, playing the last five minutes of a 2–1 home loss to

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as a substitute for

Javier Irureta Javier Iruretagoyena Amiano (born 1 April 1948), Irureta for short, is a Spanish retired football attacking midfielder and manager. He had a distinguished playing career with Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, playing in 344 La Liga games ...

. A week later on his first start, he scored in a 2–0 home win over

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, eventually making four appearances in a title-winning season. In 1971–72, Orozco scored a career-best 10 top-flight goals, including four on 5 December in a 5–0 win over

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at the

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; only

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in 1967 had scored four in a game for the team before. He finished the season on 8 July with the

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, playing the last 19 minutes in place of injured goalscorer

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in a 2–1 victory over Valencia.

Málaga

In July 1973, former Atlético manager

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signed Orozco amidst interest from

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. The player received a three-year contract with a combined salary of 7 million

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s and his former club received 8 million. On 27 April 1980, with Málaga already relegated by the 31st matchday, the team were to take on relegation-threatened

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. The visiting club's manager

Felipe Mesones Felipe Mesones Temperán (9 February 1936 – 15 December 2017) was an Argentine football right winger and coach. Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Mesones spent the vast majority of his career in Spain, representing Real Murcia CF, Levante ...

enlisted his former player

Raúl Castronovo Raúl Osvaldo Castronovo Zanón (born 11 January 1949) is an Argentine retired Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Club career Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Castronovo began his career ...

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– a former Málaga teammate of Orozco – to present the offer of 4.4 million pesetas for Málaga to lose. Salamanca's 3–0 win is the only game in La Liga history to have been voided for match-fixing, though that club still avoided relegation. Orozco was one of five Málaga players suspended over the fix, being banned from football for two years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orozco, Julio 1948 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Toledo Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Atlético Madrid footballers CD Málaga footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Match fixers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen