Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Manuel Sanchís

Sanchís in 1966
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Sanchís Martínez
Date of birth	(1938-03-26)26 March 1938
Place of birth	Alberic, Spain
Date of death	28 October 2017(2017-10-28) (aged 79)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1961	Condal	113	(7)
1961–1964	Valladolid	87	(3)
1965–1971	Real Madrid	143	(1)
1971–1972	Córdoba	14	(0)
Total		357	(11)
National team
1965–1967	Spain	11	(1)
Teams managed
1974–1977	Castilla
1977–1978	Tenerife
1980	Equatorial Guinea
1982–1983	Torrejón
1984–1986	Parla
1987	Daimiel
1988–1989	Don Benito
1991–1992	Alzira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Like his son, Manolo Sanchís, he represented Real Madrid and Spain. They were one of only four father/son pairs to have won the European Cup/Champions League (the others being Cesare and Paolo Maldini, Carles and Sergio Busquets and Zinedine and Luca Zidane),[1] and he played 213 La Liga matches over ten seasons.

An international during nearly two years, Sanchís appeared with the national team at the 1966 World Cup.

Playing career

Sanchís was born in Alberic, Valencia. During his career he represented CD Condal, Real Valladolid, Real Madrid and Córdoba CF, and he was a member of the successful Madrid sides in the mid-60s that won four La Liga championships in five years, with the addition of the 1965–66 edition of the European Cup (in this competition, he appeared 35 times for the club).[2]

Sanchís earned 11 caps for Spain, and represented the nation at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. During the group stages, he scored a rare goal in a 2–1 win against Switzerland.[3]

International goals

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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 July 1966	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England	Switzerland	1–1	2–1	1966 FIFA World Cup[4]

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.[5]

Coaching career

After retiring, Sanchís started working as a coach. After beginning with Real Madrid's youths, he also managed CD Tenerife in the second division before taking the reins of the Equatorial Guinea national team.[6]

As the nation was immersed in a situation that would lead to the coup d'état against Francisco Macías Nguema, the sporting facilities in the country suffered from a deep lack of investment, and Sanchís eventually left his post and returned to his country.[3] He subsequently was in charge of lowly AD Torrejón, AD Parla, Daimiel CF, CD Don Benito and UD Alzira, mainly in the Community of Madrid.

Death

Sanchís died on 28 October 2017 in Madrid at the age of 79, from pulmonary embolism.[7][8]

Honours

Real Madrid[7]

• La Liga: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
• Copa del Generalísimo: 1969–70
• European Cup: 1965–66

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manuel Sanchís Martínez.

• Manuel Sanchís at BDFutbol
• Manuel Sanchís manager profile at BDFutbol
• Real Madrid biography (in Spanish)
• Manuel Sanchís at National-Football-Teams.com
• Manuel Sanchís – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Spain stats at Eu-Football

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