Vicente Piquer Mora (24 February 1935 – 1 March 2018) was a Spanish

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and

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. He played 341 competitive matches with

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, in a 12-year professional career.

Club career

Born in

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, Piquer finished his development at local club

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. He started playing as a senior with the reserves in

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and, on 24 February 1957, he made his

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debut for the first team in a 2–3 away loss against

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. He scored his first goal in the latter competition in the next fixture, as the hosts beat

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, 3–2; he added six appearances in the

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to help the side reach the semi-finals. In the following years, Piquer was a regular for the ''Che'', notably starting in all 18 games as they won consecutive editions of the

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. During his spell, he earned a reputation for his man-marking of

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. Piquer retired in 1968 at the age of 33, following two years in the second level with

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and one with amateurs SD Sueca. He then worked as a manager, almost exclusively in the lower leagues and in his native region.

International career

Piquer won one

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for

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, during a 1–1 friendly draw to

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played in

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on 10 December 1961.

Death

Piquer died in his hometown on 1 March 2018 at 83, following a long illness.

Honours

;Valencia *

: 1961–62, 1962–63

References

External links

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CiberChe stats and bio

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piquer, Vicente 1935 births 2018 deaths People from Camp de Morvedre Footballers from the Province of Valencia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Valencia CF players CD Málaga footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Albacete Balompié managers Levante UD managers CD Teruel managers UD Barbastro managers