Isidoro San José Pozo (born 27 October 1955) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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. Mainly a
right back
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["¡Así, así, así gana el Madrid!" ("That's the way, that's the way, that's the way Madrid wins!")](_blank)
El País, 27 March 2011 (in Spanish) he could also play on the other flank, and even as a
defensive midfielder
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.
During one full decade he represented
La Liga
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giants
Real Madrid, winning a total of nine major titles and amassing competition totals of 200 games and three goals.
Club career
Born in
Madrid
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, San José arrived in
Real Madrid's youth academy at the age of 12. During the
1973–74 season, at only 18, he made his first-team debuts, playing in
two rounds of the
Copa del Rey
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against
Granada CF
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and
UD Las Palmas
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but not being picked for
the final
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because the juniors' coach,
Manuel Sanchís Martínez
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, decided he should play, as
captain, in the equivalent match of the category, the opponent also being
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
.
[Real Madrid Fans biography](_blank)
(in Spanish)
After two years with
Real Madrid Castilla, San José was promoted to the main squad, appearing three times in
La Liga
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in
1976–77 but amassing 77 appearances in the following three campaigns combined, as the team won consecutive league accolades. However, during a league game at
Sporting de Gijón
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late into 1979, he suffered a
meniscus
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injury which kept him out of the pitches for more than one year;
the situation was aggravated after the player, not fully recovered yet, was summoned for
the cup final against
Valencia CF
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.
In his last two years, San José only appeared in 30 league matches combined, but still contributed to back-to-back
UEFA Cups and the
1986 national championship – at that time, he had already lost his position to another youth graduate,
Chendo. He retired in June 1987 at nearly 32 after
one season with
RCD Mallorca, contributing relatively as the
Balearic Islands side retained their top division status.
After retiring, San José stayed connected with Real Madrid, running football camps for children connected with the club's foundation alongside former Real Madrid teammate
Enrique Magdaleno.
International career
San José earned 13
caps
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for the
Spain national team in two years. His debut came on 30 November 1977 in a
1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier
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in
Belgrade against
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, and he was also picked for the final stages in
Argentina
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, playing all three matches in an eventual group stage exit (one win, one loss and one draw).
Previously, San José also
competed internationally at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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Honours
;Real Madrid
*
La Liga
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:
1977–78,
1978–79,
1979–80,
1985–86
*
Copa del Rey
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:
1973–74,
1979–80,
1981–82
*
Copa de la Liga:
1985
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UEFA Cup
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:
1984–85,
1985–86
References
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1955 births
Living people
Footballers from Madrid
Spanish footballers
Association football defenders
Association football utility players
La Liga players
Tercera División players
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Real Madrid CF players
RCD Mallorca players
Spain youth international footballers
Spain under-21 international footballers
Spain amateur international footballers
Spain international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic footballers of Spain
Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
UEFA Cup winning players