Estanislau Basora

Estanislao Basora Brunet ( born November 18, 1926 in Colonia Valls, Barcelona Province, † March 16, 2012 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) was a Spanish footballer, who spent much of his career at FC Barcelona.

Career

Basora was in season 1951/52, part of the legendary five - cups - Barça, who won five titles in one season. Overall, he won four championships with Barça, four times the national cup in 1958 and the first to be transmitted Fairs Cup, a forerunner of today's Europa League. Overall, the winger scoring for Barcelona 153 goals in 373 games ( including friendlies ).

For Spain, he completed 1949-1957 22 games in which he scored 13 goals. In his first game on June 12, 1949 in a 4-1 against Ireland he was also the same score his first goal. A week later he scored in a 5-1 over France a hat-trick in just 15 minutes, after which he received the nickname The Monster of Colombes by the French press. In 1950 Basora with Spain at the 1950 World Cup, where he formed a congenial strike partnership with Zarra. In the first group game against the USA it was a quarter of an hour before the finish with 0:1 back before Basora with two goals turned the game within three minutes; Zarra increased a little later on 3:1. In the second game 2-0 against Chile, he was able to make a hit, the other scored again Zarra. In the third match against England Zarra scored the only goal of the game after an assist from Basora. In the final round Spain met with Uruguay, Brazil and Sweden. In the first game against Uruguay to lay back soon with 0:1 back before turn Basora with 2 hits turned the game in just seven minutes, but Uruguay could still achieve the 2-2 at the end. As Spain lost the other two group matches, one was a total of Fourth and Basora with 5 hits second best scorer of the tournament.

In the period from 1948 to 1958 he also played 6 games for the Catalan football team, where he met four times.

Achievements

  • Spanish Champion: 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953
  • Latin Cup: 1949, 1952
  • Spanish Cup: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957
  • Copa Eva Duarte: 1948, 1952, 1953
  • Fairs Cup: 1955-1958
  • Copa Martini Rossi: 1952, 1953
  • Participation in World Cup: 1950 (6 inserts / 5 goals)
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