Adauto Iglesias Fernández (born on 28 October 1928 or 17 November 1929) was a Spanish footballer who played as a

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. After his footballing career, he was a manager at the Australian club

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Biography

He is most remembered as a

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

player. He came to play for Madrid in 1947 after playing for

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in his birth city. In the first season at Real Madrid he was loaned to Plus Ultra, the Real Madrid youth team, returning to Real for the 1948-49 season. In this season he played 5 games for the first team. The next season was worse for Iglesias, because he only played 3 games for Real Madrid. He was then once again loaned to Plus Ultra, from where he returned to Real Madrid for the 1951-52 season, which would be his last one at the Real Madrid. This season he played only once in

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. At the end of the season he was transferred to

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, where he played for the next 4 seasons. His lack of success for Real Madrid is seen to be produced by the presence of two great goalkeepers of the club,

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and

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. Despite this, Iglesias is considered one of the club's legendary players by the Real Madrid's official website. In 1961 Iglesias moved to Australia, where he played until 1965 in the NSW state league with

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, which won the state championships of 1964 and 1965; a national championship did not yet exist back then. In May 1964 he also got one match for the Australian national team, when they lost in Melbourne 1-5 to English club side

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. Between 1967 and 1969 he was coach of APIA Leichhardt.Australian Player Database
OzFootball (per February 2021)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iglesias, Adauto 1920s births 1991 deaths Footballers from Mieres, Asturias Spanish men's footballers Spanish football managers Real Madrid CF players RC Celta de Vigo players APIA Leichhardt FC players APIA Leichhardt FC managers La Liga players Segunda División players Men's association football goalkeepers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriates in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia