Julio Gento López (24 April 1939 – 14 September 2016) 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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Career

Born in

Guarnizo Guarnizo is a village in the municipality of El Astillero (Real Astillero de Guarnizo) in Cantabria, Spain. According to the Instituto_Nacional_de_Estadística_(Spain) , INE it had a population of 4,463 in 2010. Economy

The area once suppo ...

, Gento played for Plus Ultra,

Elche Elche ( ca-valencia, Elx) is a city and municipality of Spain, belonging to the province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. According to 2014 data, Elche has a population of 228,647 inhabitants,Deportivo La Coruña,

CD Málaga Club Deportivo Málaga was a Spanish football club based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It played twenty seasons in La Liga, before being dissolved in 1992. History Origins The first football club in Málaga was establ ...

, Racing Santander and

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

Personal life

His brothers Paco Gento and

Antonio Gento Antonio Gento López (25 October 1940 – 25 December 2020) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Guarnizo, Gento played for Plus Ultra, Real Madrid, Levante, Racing Santander, Real Oviedo and SD Unió ...

were also footballers. His nephews were also athletes – José Luis Llorente and Toñín Llorente played basketball, whilst

Paco Llorente Francisco "Paco" Llorente Gento (born 21 May 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a right winger. He amassed La Liga totals of 207 games and 11 goals over the course of 13 seasons, with Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid and C ...

and Julio Llorente were footballers. Grand-nephew Marcos Llorente, son of Paco Llorente, was also a footballer.

References

1939 births 2016 deaths Spanish men's footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers Elche CF players Deportivo de La Coruña players CD Málaga footballers Racing de Santander players Palencia CF players Segunda División players La Liga players Men's association football forwards Gento family People from the Bay of Santander Footballers from Cantabria {{Spain-footy-bio-stub