Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish

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defender and

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. Like his son, Manolo Sanchís, he represented

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and

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. They were one of only four father/son pairs to have won the European Cup/Champions League (the others being Cesare and

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, Carles and

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and Zinedine and

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), and he played 213

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matches over ten seasons. An international for two years, Sanchís appeared with the national team at the

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Playing career

Sanchís was born in Alberic, Valencia. During his career, he represented

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and

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

, and he was a member of the successful Madrid sides in the mid-60s that won four

championships in five years, with the addition of the 1965–66 edition of the

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(in this competition, he appeared 35 times for the club). Sanchís earned 11

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, and represented the nation at the

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. In the group stage of that tournament, he scored in a 2–1 win against

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International goals

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Style of play

An offensive-minded defender who was deployed as a forward earlier in his career, Sanchís was known for his exceptional physical qualities, including his strength as well as his class and skills.

Coaching career

After retiring, Sanchís started working as a manager. After beginning with

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, he was also in charge of

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L� ...

in the

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before being appointed at the Equatorial Guinea national team. As

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was immersed in a situation that would lead to the ''

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'' against

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, the sporting facilities in the country suffered from a deep lack of investment, and Sanchís eventually left his post and returned to his country. He subsequently was in charge of lowly AD Torrejón,

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, Daimiel CF, CD Don Benito and

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, mainly in the

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Death

Sanchís died on 28 October 2017 in Madrid at the age of 79, from

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Honours

Real Madrid *

: 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 *

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 ...

: 1969–70 *

: 1965–66 Individual *FUWO European Team of the Season: 1966

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