Enrique Mateos

Enrique Mateos Mancebo ( born July 15, 1934 in Madrid, † July 6, 2001 in Seville ), called " Fifirichi ", was a Spanish football player and coach.

Career

Enrique Mateos was a physically more fragile player but his physical deficits compensated by technology as well as opportunism and Kaltschnäutzigkeit front of goal. He began his career at AD Plus Ultra, the then second team of Real Madrid. His first jobs in the pros he had indeed already in 1953, but it was only in the season 1956/57, when he was being included in the squad for the first team. This season was also with 14 goals in 21 games his most successful at the Brussels residents. Also at the final victory in the European Cup of Champions 1958/59 he played a big part. Mateos shot then - after he had missed a penalty in the initial phase of the game - the opening goal against Stade de Reims. With the arrival of his former goal Miguel Muñoz as a coach, which began soon initiate a generational change in the team, his missions but were rare and 1961 ended his time with the Spanish giants. He worked for three seasons for Sevilla FC, where he reached the cup final in 1962, and later to local rivals Betis. After one season at Gimnástica de Torrelavega he began an adventurous stage, the first in the North American Soccer League, to the Cleveland Stokers, led him to where he was elected promptly at the best players in the league, and the following year to Johannesburg to East London Celtic, where he played but only three months.

Coach

After his return to Spain, he started various amateur teams like Fuencarral or Pegaso Tres Cantos to train before he moved to FC Cadiz 1976. With the Andalusians, the first promotion to the Primera División succeeded in club history. After two seasons, he moved to Deportivo La Coruna, his last station in elite sport.

Achievements

  • 4x European Champion Clubs' Cup 1956/57, 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60
  • National football team (Spain )
  • Football coach (Spain )
  • Spanish Champion ( football)
  • Born in 1934
  • Died in 2001
  • Man
  • Athletes (Madrid )
  • Athletes (Sevilla )
  • Spaniard
  • UEFA Champions League winners
Real Madrid Castilla Real Betis 1958–59 European Cup Copa del Rey North American Soccer League (1968–84) 1956–57 European Cup 1957–58 European Cup 1959–60 European Cup
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