José Antonio Saro Palleiro (born 10 January 1938) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a winger, and a current

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Playing career

Born in Santander,

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, Saro joined

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

in 1954, aged 16, but only appeared as a senior with the reserves. In 1959, after suffering a serious

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injury and being released, he joined

Gimnástica de Torrelavega Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega is a Spanish football team based in Torrelavega, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded on 28 September 1907 it is the oldest football club in the region, and currently plays in , holding home ...

. In the 1960 summer Saro moved to

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with

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

. He made his professional debut on 25 September, starting in a 2–0 away win against

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...

. Saro subsequently suffered another injury while at Celta, and after appearing sparingly signed for Salamanca also in the second level. In 1965 he joined fellow league team

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

, retiring with the latter in 1966.

Post-playing career

Immediately after retiring Saro was appointed manager of

CD Cayón Club Deportivo Cayón is a Spanish football club based in Santa María de Cayón, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1915, it plays in , holding home games at Estadio Fernando Astobiza, which has a capacity of 2,700 spectators. ...

. After spells at Rayo Cantabria, SD Textil Escudo,

CD Laredo Club Deportivo Laredo is a Spanish football team based in Laredo, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1918, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Campo de Fútbol San Lorenzo'', which has a capacity of 2,500. History CD Lared ...

Santoña CF Santoña Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Santoña in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1917, it plays in the . Its stadium is ''Estadio de El Paloma, El Paloma'' with a capacity of 4,500 ...

and CD Naval, he was named

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

manager in 1980. Saro left the

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in 1984, and was appointed at the helm of

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

three years later. In October 1989, shortly after being sacked by the latter, he took charge of

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

, leaving the club in the following year. Saro was also in charge of

for the 1996–97 campaign, before returning to ''Ponfe'' in 1999. He was sacked by the latter on 5 March 2001.Tartilán: «No quiero gasoil, sino un poco más de gasolina» (Tartilán: "I don't want oil, but a little more gas")
; Diario de León, 3 May 2007

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saro, Jose Antonio 1938 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Santander, Spain Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Tercera División players Racing de Santander players RC Celta de Vigo players UD Salamanca players Real Murcia CF players Spanish football managers Racing de Ferrol managers SD Ponferradina managers CD Numancia managers Gimnástica de Torrelavega managers Rayo Cantabria players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen