José Manuel Pesudo Soler (11 June 1936 – 5 December 2003) was a Spanish

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and coach. His 17-year professional career, in which he appeared in 216

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matches, was mainly associated with

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

and

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Club career

Born in

Almassora Almassora (; es, Almazora) is a town and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian community, ''comarca'' of Plana Alta, Valencian Community, Spain. Urbanized areas * Almassora * La Platja * L'Horta * El Secà * Po ...

Province of Castellón Castellón (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló) is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Community. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea ...

, Pesudo arrived at

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

in 1955 at the age of 19, going on to play with the reserves and neighbouring club

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

before returning. After collecting 53 of his 63

appearances in his last two seasons, he signed for

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, going on to win two titles with the

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, one individual (the 1965–66 edition of the

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ic ...

). For most of his five-year spell, Pesudo battled for first-choice status at Barcelona with youth graduate

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, but eventually had to leave in 1966, returning to Valencia and helping the ''Che'' to the

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in his first year. He was also part of the squad that won the league in 1971, but did not appear in any games whatsoever during the campaign. After two more years in the top flight, with

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

, suffering relegation in his second, Pesudo closed out his career at 38 after one season with

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. ...

, in

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. From 1976 to 1991 he worked as a manager, exclusively in his native region and in amateur football (he was in charge of

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

for one season in the 80s, with the club in

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Death

On 5 December 2003, Pesudo died in

due to a

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. He was 67 years old.José Manuel Pesudo, ex guardameta del Valencia y del Barcelona (José Manuel Pesudo, ex-Valencia and Barcelona goalkeeper)
El Mundo, 8 December 2003

Honours

Club

Barcelona *

Copa del Generalísimo 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 footbal ...

: 1962–63 *

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European Association football, football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecess ...

: 1965–66 Valencia *

: 1966–67

Individual

Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a association football, football award, established by Spanish newspaper ''Marca (newspaper), MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who h ...

: 1965–66

References

External links

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CiberChe stats and bio
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