Eduardo González Valiño, nicknamed Chacho (14 April 1911 – 21 October 1979) was a Spanish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

er. Chacho was born and died in

A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...

. During his career he played for

Atlético de Madrid Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

(1934–1936) and

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

(1927–1934, 1936–1946). He later coached Deportivo, and a statue erected in his name can be found by the Riazor stadium.

International career

He managed to score 7 goals for the

Spain national football team The Spain national football team () has represented Spain in men's international Association football, football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain i ...

in only 3 caps, in part thanks to a 6-goal haul against

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on 21 May 1933, in a 13–0 win. His other international goal came in the Iberian Derby on 11 March 1934, scoring his side's first of an eventual 9–0 win. He also participated in the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, senior men's national teams. It took place in Kin ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.''

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