Jesús María Pereda

Jesús María Pereda Ruiz de Temiño ( born June 15, 1938 in Medina de Pomar, Burgos, † 27 September 2011 in Barcelona), also known as Chus Pereda or Txus Pereda was a Spanish football player and coach.

Career

Pereda first professional stop was SD Indautxu, a club from the Basque city of Bilbao. There he from 1956 until 1958. Yet 20 years old, the midfielder moved early in 1958 to Real Madrid, where he won the same European Champions Cup in 1957/58. After only two appearances in the league and a Copa del Generalísimo - finals, he joined the season 1958/59 to Real Valladolid. With the club he became a master of the Spanish second division. Between 1959 and 1961 he was active for Sevilla FC, thereafter, he joined FC Barcelona. In Barca he played until 1969 on the central playmaker position and won with the team once each La Liga, the Fairs Cup and two Copa del Generalísimo. His career was then allowed to fade away with CE Sabadell and RCD Mallorca.

For the Spanish national team, he made ​​his debut on May 15, 1960, a 3-0 win over England. In 1964, he took with Spain successfully at the European Championship in 1964 in his own country, where he was top scorer of the tournament with two goals. He scored in the final of the first hit of the game for later 2-1 victory over the USSR; already in the semi-final against Hungary he scored the 1-0 (final score 2:1 aet ). Overall denied Pereda 1960-1968 15 caps for Spain, in which he scored six goals. He also played twice for the Catalan football team.

After his playing career Pereda was in the period 1975-1993 coach of the Spanish national youth teams. He also coached 1995-1996 Deportivo Xerez and 1998, the selection of Castile and León.

Achievements

• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1958
• Fairs Cup: 1966
• Spanish Cup: 1958
• Generalísimo Cup: 1963, 1968
• European Championship: 1964 (2 inserts, 2 goals)
• EM- scorer: 1964