Eduardo Manchón Molina (born 24 July 1930 in

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, died there on 29 September 2010) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. Although naturally left-footed, he was also adept with his right, and was capable of playing both as a striker and on the

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. Between 1950 and 1957 he scored 88 goals in 201 games for

, where he witnessed one of his most successful periods in his career. He belonged to the legendary "Five Cups-Barça" side, which won all five possible trophies in 1952. During his time with the club, he won La Liga twice, the Spanish Cup four times, the

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twice, and even the

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Club career

Manchón, son of a hard-working family from

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, joined Barcelona at the age of 16. He first played for the Catalan club SD España Industrial, which was the reserve team of Barcelona at the time. In the fifth round of the 1950–51 La Liga season, Manchón made his league debut for the first team against

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and also managed to score his first goal for the club. Together with

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, César and Estanislau Basora, he formed one of the most dangerous front-lines in the club's history. In the 1951–52 season the club managed to win all five trophies (the Spanish Championship, the Spanish Cup, the Latin Cup, the Copa Eva Duarte, and the Trofeo Martini & Rossi). After his time at ''Barça'', he played for the first division side

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during the 1957–58 season and later for

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, Club Atlètic Ibèria and

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International career

Manchon made one appearance for the Spanish national team in his career. This was during a qualifying match for the

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, a 0–1 defeat against

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. He also represented the

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Death

After a long illness Manchón died on 29 September 2010 at the age of 80.

Honours

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

Copa del Generalísimo The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanish f ...

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1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

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