La Quinta del Buitre

La Quinta del Buitre refers to a group of five players from the youth of Real Madrid from the 1980s. " Quinta " means something like class ( in the sense of a vintage ). " El Buitre ", the " Geier ", the nickname of the most charismatic of the five player was Emilio Butragueño. Along with him were Pardeza Miguel, Manolo Sanchis, Martin Vazquez Míchel and the " class of the vulture ." In the team of Real Madrid then played among other stars like Bernd Schuster and Fernando Hierro, but the five young players fell on quickly.

Sanchis and Vazquez were the first Debutanten the pro squad of Real, on 4 December 1983 under legendary coach Alfredo Di Stéfano. Sanchis then shot the winning goal against Real Murcia. On 5 February of the following year Butragueño also made ​​his debut. " El Buitre " shot in the first game two goals. Pardeza made ​​his debut before the end of the season, Michel until the following season. Pardeza 1986 was loaned out to Real Zaragoza. He returned to Madrid for one season and has been involved with 25 missions and five goals on winning the championship. In the next season he moved permanently to Zaragoza, where he became a leading figure, but thus the later success of the Quinta had no great share.

With the four remaining members of the Quinta del Buitre Real Madrid was one of the most successful teams in Europe and twice won the UEFA Cup (1985, 1986) and five Spanish championships in five years (1986-1990). Winning the European Champions' Cup (now Champions League) did not succeed at this time.

Manolo Sanchis was the only one who remained until end of his career at Real Madrid and won with the club and UEFA Champions League. With a further 33 national and international titles, he is the most successful real player of all time and was also the last active player in the Quinta de Buitre.

All players in the Quinta del Buitre were Spanish national team and played among other things in common, the Football World Cup 1990.