Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón (born 26 April 1972), known as Kiko, is a Spanish former professional footballer who spent most of his career with

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. A

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with tremendous technical ability and field vision, he possessed nonetheless a poor aerial game despite being almost 190 cm tall. In ten La Liga seasons (also played one year with his main club in

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), he amassed totals of 271 games and 60 goals. Kiko was a squad member at the

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as the Spain national team won gold, on

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. Additionally, he appeared at full level in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Cádiz

Born in Jerez de la Frontera,

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, Kiko's career began with local

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, and he first appeared in La Liga on 14 April 1991 in a 2–3 home loss against

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. Even though he played in only five further matches in the season he was intimately connected with the Andalusia club's fate as, on 9 June, in only 25 minutes of play, he gained a penalty kick and scored an 83-minute winner in a 2–1 home win over Real Zaragoza; the team would miraculously retain their status, after the playoffs against

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Atlético

After two more seasons as an undisputed starter Kiko moved, alongside teammate José María Quevedo to

, upon Cádiz's 1993 relegation. There, he developed into one of Spain's most important footballers during the 90s, being an instrumental unit in Atlético's historical double in 1995–96, with goals and assists alike. Atlético was relegated in 2000, but Kiko stayed with the club for a further campaign, not managing any goals in 52 league appearances. He finished out his career with a five-month spell at CF Extremadura also in

in 2002, teaming up with another longtime league player, Pier.

International career

Kiko was capped 26 times for Spain, and scored four goals. His debut came on 16 December 1992, in a

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qualifier against

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where he played the full 90 minutes. Kiko took part in UEFA Euro 1996 and the

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. He scored once against Bulgaria in the latter tournament, during a 6–1 thrashing, though this did not count for anything as Spain were knocked out in the group stage. Previously, Kiko represented the country at the

in Barcelona. He scored a last-minute winner against Poland in the final, a 3–2 victory, his second of the game.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kiko goal.''

Honours

Atlético Madrid * La Liga: 1995–96 * Copa del Rey: 1995–96 Spain U23 *

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Spain U21 * UEFA European Under-21 Championship third place:

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