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Paquito Escudero
Francisco Gabriel Escudero Martínez (born 24 March 1966), commonly known as Paquito, is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager. The vast majority of his professional career was associated with Hércules, as he served the club as a player, coach and director of football. Playing career Born in Rafal, Alicante, Valencian Community, Paquito started playing football in the neighborhood of La Florida. He made his senior debut with Alicante CF in Tercera División, going on to play two seasons with Benidorm CF and helping the team promote (also finishing the regular season as champions) to Segunda División B for the second time in their history. In 1990, Paquito remained in his native region and signed with Hércules CF, helping to promotion to Segunda División in his third year. In his 11-year spell he appeared in 342 official games, contributing with 34 matches (one goal) as the club returned to La Liga after a ten-year absence and being again an undisputed starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have equal responsibilities between attack and defence. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |