Jesús "Chus" Alonso Fernández (April 24, 1917 in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. – August 9, 1979 in
Madrid
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), was a Spanish association football player. He played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Alonso had moved to Spain at a young age, and played exclusively for Spanish clubs. He scored 2 goals in the inaugural game at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947. It is the second-larg ...
, and also scored in the first competitive game in the stadium against
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...
.
International career
Chus Alonso was born in Cuba to parents of Spanish descent. He was naturalized as Spanish, and he played 3 matches for
Spain national football team
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, held with France, Germany and Italy.
Titles
Alsonso played 121 matches in
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
for Real Madrid and scored 55 goals.
He also played 39 matches in the
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 footb ...
, scoring 12 goals. His trophy collection includes two Spanish Cups and a
Copa Eva Duarte
The Copa Eva Duarte was a Spanish football tournament organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Generalísimo.
History
In September 1940, a match with this format had the nam ...
.
See also
*
List of Spain international footballers born outside Spain
References
External links
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1917 births
1979 deaths
Cuban emigrants to Spain
Real Madrid CF players
Spanish men's footballers
Spain men's international footballers
Real Zaragoza players
Real Valladolid players
Real Oviedo players
Men's association football midfielders
Cuban people of Spanish descent
Footballers from Asturias
Cuban sportspeople
La Liga players
Segunda División players