José Cantón Landazuri (23 March 1937 – 13 November 2013) was a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Club career

Born in Basauri, Biscay, Cantón played for

CD Basconia Club Deportivo Basconia is a Spanish football club based in Basauri, Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded on 14 March 1913, it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio de ...

, Racing de Santander,

CD San Fernando Club Deportivo San Fernando was a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1940 it was dissolved on 16 June 2009, due a €2 million debt. The club's home ground was '' Estadio Ba ...

(two spells),

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before foldi ...

, Gimnàstic de Tarragona and

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

during an 18-year senior career. He played in

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

with the second, third and last clubs, competing with the remaining in the lower leagues.

Later life and death

Cantón worked as a manager after retiring, exclusively at amateur level, He died on 13 November 2013 in

San Fernando, Cádiz San Fernando (, "Saint Ferdinand") is a town in the province of Cádiz, Spain. It is home to more than 97,500 inhabitants. The city also uses the name "''La Isla''" (The Island). The people from San Fernando are locally known as "''Cañaíllas''" ...

, at the age of 76.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canton, Jose 1937 births 2013 deaths People from Basauri Footballers from Biscay Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Tercera División players CD Basconia footballers Racing de Santander players CD San Fernando players CF Reus Deportiu players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Cádiz CF players Spanish football managers