José María Vidal Bravo (6 May 1935 – 1 August 1986) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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in the mid 20th century.
Club career
Born in
Madrid
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, Vidal spent nine years of his senior career linked to
Real Madrid
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, but he was loaned several times during his spell. He only spent four seasons with the first team, winning three
La Liga
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championships and one
Copa del Generalísimo; additionally, in the
1959–60 edition of the
European Cup
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, he contributed with six games and one goal as the tournament ended in conquest.
Vidal amassed Spanish top flight totals of 117 matches and four goals, also representing in the competition
CD Málaga
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History Origins
The first football club in Málaga was estab ...
and
Levante UD
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. He died at the age of 51 in
Valencia
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, from a
heart attack
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.
International career
Vidal earned four
caps
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for the
Spanish national team in slightly less than one year, making his debut on 14 July 1960 by playing the second half of a 4–0
friendly
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win in
Chile
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.
Honours
;Real Madrid
*
European Cup
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:
1959–60
*
Intercontinental Cup:
1960
It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* J ...
*
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
:
1960–61,
1961–62
*
Copa del Generalísimo:
1961–62
References
External links
*
National team dataat BDFutbol
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Jose Maria
1935 births
1986 deaths
Footballers from Madrid
Spanish footballers
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Real Madrid CF players
UD Salamanca players
Real Zaragoza players
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Granada CF footballers
Real Murcia players
CD Málaga footballers
Levante UD footballers
Real Valladolid players
Eredivisie players
Sparta Rotterdam players
National Professional Soccer League (1967) players
Philadelphia Spartans players
Spain international footballers
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
UEFA Champions League winning players