Manuel "Manolín" Bueno Cabral (born 5 February 1940) is a Spanish retired professional

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who played as a

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Club career

The son of a former

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, also named Manuel (1910–1970), Bueno was born in

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, and started playing with

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 ...

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. In 1959, the 19-year-old signed with

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, where he would remain for the following 11 campaigns. Behind

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in the queue for selection at both club and international level, Bueno featured infrequently for the ''Whites'', never appearing in more than nine league games in any season except his last, where he also scored a career-best seven goals to help the side to a fourth-place finish. Despite this, the club itself credits him with eight Primera División titles, as well as two national cups and two

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s, though he did not take part in any of the finals (he did play in one leg of their 1960 Intercontinental Cup victory). He left Real Madrid in the summer of 1971 with competitive totals of 119 matches and 27 goals. He retired from the professional game at the end of 1972–73 after two years – one spent in each major level – with hometown club

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

Honours

;Real Madrid *

: 1959–60, 1965–66 * Intercontinental Cup:

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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 ...

: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 *

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 ...

: 1961–62, 1969–70

References

External links

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Stats and bio at Cadistas1910
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bueno, Manolin 1940 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Seville Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Cádiz CF players Real Madrid CF players Sevilla FC players Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's B international footballers