Vicente Asensi Albentosa (28 January 1919 – 2 September 2000) was a football player who spent all his career at
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...
where he played 308 games and scored 33 goals. Together with Epi, Amadeo,
Mundo and
Gorostiza they made up one of the best attacks in the 1940s. He played as
left winger
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 ...
during most of his career but was moved further back as he grew older and ended up playing as a
defender. At international level, he also gained six caps with the
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in ...
between 1945 and 1950.
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Valencia CF profile
National team data
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1919 births
People from Costera
Footballers from the Province of Valencia
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
La Liga players
Valencia CF players
Spain men's international footballers
1950 FIFA World Cup players
Spanish football managers
CD Castellón managers
2000 deaths
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