José Claramunt Torres (born 10 July 1946) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a

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. He played solely for

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, competing in 12

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seasons and appearing in 381 official games (83 goals scored).

Club career

Born in

Puçol Puçol (; ) is a Spanish municipality located in the province of Valencia, part of the Valencian Community autonomous region. It belongs to the Horta Nord. The municipality borders El Puig south and Sagunt (or Sagunto) to the north. It has 19,9 ...

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, Claramunt spent his entire career with local club

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. He made his

debut on 11 September 1966 in a 1–0 away win against

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, and scored his first goal in the competition on 27 November in a 3–0 home victory over

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. Claramunt scored three goals in 30 games in the 1970–71 campaign to help the ''Che'' win the national championship, including one in a 2–0 win at

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on 31 October 1970. Additionally, during his spell, the side appeared in four

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finals – losing three in a row from 1970 to 1972 – and he opened the scoring in the 1971 edition against Barcelona, netting from a

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but in a 3–4

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defeat. Claramunt retired in 1978, at the age of nearly 32. His hometown club

UD Puçol Unión Deportiva Puçol is a Spanish football team based in Puçol, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1951 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio José Claramunt'', which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. Season to s ...

's ground was named ''Estadio José Claramunt'' in his honour.

International career

Claramunt earned 23

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for

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over seven years, scoring four times. He made his debut on 28 February 1968 in a 3–1 friendly win against

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, and netted his first goal on 17 January 1973 in a 3–2 victory in

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for the

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qualifiers. For six games, Claramunt acted as national team

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due to the absence of Amancio.

International goals

, - , 1. , , 17 January 1973 , , Leoforos,

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, , , , 2–2 , , 3–2 , ,

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, - , 2. , , 21 February 1973 , , La Rosaleda,

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, , , , 1–0 , , 3–1 , , 1974 World Cup qualification , - , 3. , , 24 November 1973 , ,

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, , , , 1–2 , , 1–2 , , Friendly , - , 4. , , 25 September 1974 , , Idrætsparken,

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, , , , 1–0 , , 2–1 , , Euro 1976 qualifying

Personal life

Claramunt's younger brother,

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, was also a footballer. He too represented Valencia and they shared teams during four seasons, being thus known as ''Claramunt I'' and ''Claramunt II''.

Honours

: 1970–71 *

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: 1966–67; Runner-up 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72

References

External links

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CiberChe biography and stats
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claramunt, Jose 1946 births Living people People from Puçol Footballers from the Province of Valencia Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Atlético Saguntino players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Valencia CF players Spain men's international footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen