Andrés Domínguez Candal aka Pierita (December 16, 1918 - October 24, 1978) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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Football career
Pierita was a historic
Elche CF
Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...
player in the 1940s and 1950s and is the top scorer in the history of Elche with 123 goals in over 200 league games.
These registers are managed at three different times in Elche in the
second
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and
third level. In Elche he achieved two promotions to the second level in seasons
1940–41 and
1948–49. His real reward came with the
CD Alcoyano
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whom he played in
La Liga
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in the
1950–51 season. He also played for the
Orihuela Deportiva CF on the
second level and
CD Málaga
Club Deportivo Málaga was a Spanish football club based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It played twenty seasons in La Liga, before being dissolved in 1992.
History Origins
The first football club in Málaga was establ ...
in the second and third level.
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1918 births
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Santiago de Compostela
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Elche CF players
CD Málaga footballers
CD Alcoyano footballers
Orihuela Deportiva CF footballers
1978 deaths
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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