Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish

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who played as a defender. Like his son, Manolo Sanchís, he represented

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and

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. They were one of only four father/son pairs to have won the European Cup/Champions League (the others being Cesare and

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, Carles and

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and Zinedine and Luca Zidane), and he played 213

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matches over ten seasons. An international during nearly two years, Sanchís appeared with the national team at the

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Playing career

Sanchís was born in Alberic, Valencia. During his career he represented

CD Condal Club Deportivo Condal was a Spanish football club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1934 and dissolved in 1970, it held home games at ''Camp de Les Corts'', with a capacity of 25,000 spectators. History ...

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

and

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

, and he was a member of the successful Madrid sides in the mid-60s that won four

championships in five years, with the addition of the 1965–66 edition of the

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(in this competition, he appeared 35 times for the club). Sanchís earned 11

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, and represented the nation at the

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. During the group stages, he scored a rare goal in a 2–1 win against Switzerland.Real Madrid Fans biography
(in Spanish)

International goals

:''Scores and results list. Spain's goal tally first.''

Playing style

An offensive-minded defender, who initially played as a forward earlier in his career, Sanchís was known for his exceptional physical qualities, including his strength, as well as his class and skills as a defender.

Coaching career

After retiring, Sanchís started working as a coach. After beginning with Real Madrid's youths, he also managed

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

in the second division before taking the reins of the Equatorial Guinea national team. As

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was immersed in a situation that would lead to the ''

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, the sporting facilities in the country suffered from a deep lack of investment, and Sanchís eventually left his post and returned to his country. He subsequently was in charge of lowly AD Torrejón, AD Parla,

Daimiel CF Daimiel Club de Fútbol is a football team based in Daimiel in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1942, it plays in the 1ª Autonómica Preferente. Its stadium is '' Municipal de Daimiel'' with a capacity of 3,500 seats. ...

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and UD Alzira, mainly in the

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Death

Sanchís died on 28 October 2017 in Madrid at the age of 79, from

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Honours

Real Madrid *

: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 * Copa del Generalísimo: 1969–70 *

: 1965–66

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