Francisco Fernández Rodríguez (born 4 March 1944 at
Puerto Real
Puerto Real () is a seaport in Andalusia, in the province of Cádiz. , it had a population of 40,667.
The town is located on the northern shore of the inner lobe of the Bay of Cádiz, on the site of the ancient Roman settlement of Portus Gad ...
), nicknamed ''Gallego'', is a former Spanish
footballer
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, in the
defender position.
During his club career, Gallego played for
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA E ...
(1961–65, 1975–80, with 185
first division matches and 9 goals) and
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
(1965–75, adding a further 248 games with 17 goals). He won the
1973–74 national championship.
Gallego earned 36 caps for the
Spain national football team
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and played in the
1966 FIFA World Cup.
Honours
Club
Barcelona
*
Primera División:
1973–74
*
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
:
1967–68,
1970–71
*
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:
1965–66,
1971
International
Spain
*
European Football Championship
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:
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
See also
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List of FC Barcelona players
Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional association football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. Barcelona is one of only three clubs to have n ...
(100+ appearances)
*
List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)
External links
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National team data
*
FC Barcelona profile
at RSSSF
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1944 births
Living people
People from Puerto Real
Footballers from the Province of Cádiz
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
Sevilla FC players
FC Barcelona players
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spain men's B international footballers
Spain men's international footballers
1964 European Nations' Cup players
1966 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
Catalonia men's international guest footballers
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