Enrique Collar
Enrique Collar Monterrubio ( born November 2, 1934 in San Juan de Aznalfarache, Seville ) is a former Spanish footballer.
Enrique Collar was in the 1950s and 1960s as one of the best left winger in the world. He started his career with Atlético Madrid, where his parents had moved a few years after his birth. He went through all the youth departments of rojiblanco before he was first tested in 1952 in the first team. Ever since then, but could not recommend for League bets to him, the association awarded for one year from Cadiz to resident third division side FC Cadiz. But a year later, his breakthrough at the Brussels residents did not succeed. Although he made his debut in the season 1953/54 in La Liga, but he came to a meager total of only four bets. Therefore, he was awarded again at the beginning of the season in 1954/55, this time to the second division Real Murcia.
When, however, after a few months of the injured -budgetary Left Wing of Atlético, Collar was brought back to take over the position. This time he managed to establish himself in the starting XI. Soon the ball safe and precise shot Collar was a key player of the Merengues. At the end of the season in 1954/55 he made his debut in the Spanish national team and scored on his first his first of four international goals. After Atletico in 1956 in the Spanish Cup final against Athletic Bilbao have had a disadvantage, Collar 1960 won the Copa del Rey for his first title. A year later he succeeded with Atlético defense of the Cup title and crowning in the following season 's victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup with a 3-1 win over Fiorentina in the replay.
In 1963, he was with Atlético again in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, but you had to admit defeat with 1:5 Tottenham Hotspur. In the season 1962/63 he also reached for the third time in second place in the championship, after 1958 and 1961., But you had to admit defeat as was the two times before the city rivals Real Madrid. With Francisco Gento it was also a player from Real, which mostly was preferred to collar in the national team. So at the World Cup in Chile in 1962, when the collar only played in the final group game against Brazil and the preliminary round from the Spaniard could not prevent. So it is to explain why Collar comes to a total of only 16 appearances in the national jersey. All the more surprising that he wore the captain's armband while seven times, a clear indication of his skills as a key player and his playful class. In the season 1964/65, although the Cup title was won, but in the league we had again a disadvantage compared to Real Madrid. 1966 succeeded Collar with Atlético, however, the championship, to decide against the overpowering Real, which was previously five times in a row champion in favor of the rojiblancos.
It should be the last title of his career. In 1969 he left the Merengues after 338 league games and 71 goals scored. He moved to the end of his career for a season to FC Valencia, for which he still completed 15 league games at the age of 36 years and still was able to score a goal. After 16 seasons in the first Spanish league he ended his active career in 1970.
Enrique Collar Monterrubio is currently the President of the Fundación Atlético de Madrid.
Achievements
- Spanish Champion: 1966
- Spanish Cup winners: 1960, 1961, 1965
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1962