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Quini
Personal information
Full name Enrique Castro González
Date of birth (1949-09-23)23 September 1949
Place of birth Oviedo, Spain
Date of death 27 February 2018(2018-02-27) (aged 68)
Place of death Gijón, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker (retired)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968-1980
1980-1984
1984-1987
Sporting Gijón
Barcelona
Sporting Gijón
International career
1970-1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Quini (23 September 1949 27 February 2018) was a former Spanish football player. He played for Spain national team.

On 29 April 2016, the Town Hall of Gijón named Quini adoptive son of the city.[1]

On 27 February 2018, Quini died at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack.[2]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ensidesa 1967–68 Tercera División 22172217
Sporting Gijón 1968–69 Segunda División 21152115
1969–70 Segunda División 3424113525
1970–71 La Liga 3013203213
1971–72 La Liga 249312710
1972–73 La Liga 3411854216
1973–74 La Liga 3420213621
1974–75 La Liga 3212633815
1975–76 La Liga 3421423823
1976–77 Segunda División 3826544330
1977–78 La Liga 32151094224
1978–79 La Liga 3323104[a]03823
1979–80 La Liga 3425932[a]04528
Total 380214512960437243
Barcelona 1980–81 La Liga 3020992[a]14130
1981–82 La Liga 3226208[b]34229
1982–83 La Liga 22420102[b]02[c]0294
1983–84 La Liga 16355601[b]21[d]02910
Total 100531814701363014173
Sporting Gijón 1984–85 La Liga 21975653419
1985–86 La Liga 24733412[a]03311
1986–87 La Liga 16111172
Total 6117119106208432
Career total 563301805217621630684365
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  3. Appearances in European Super Cup
  4. Appearance in Supercopa de España

International

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[4]

Spain national team
YearAppsGoals
197021
197130
197220
197310
197452
197520
197630
197710
197842
197940
198032
198110
198241
Total358

International goals

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Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Quini goal.
List of international goals scored by Quini[5][6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
128 October 1970La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain Greece2–02–1Friendly
220 November 1974Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–12–1UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
32–1
429 March 1978El Molinón, Gijón, Spain Norway1–03–0Friendly
526 April 1978Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain Mexico1–02–0Friendly
616 April 1980El Molinón, Gijón, Spain Czechoslovakia2–22–2Friendly
715 June 1980Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy Belgium1–11–2UEFA Euro 1980
824 February 1982Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain Scotland2–03–0Friendly

Sporting Gijón

Barcelona

Individual

References

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  1. "Quini: «El título de Hijo Adoptivo es el premio más importante de mi vida»" [Quini: «The title of Adoptive Son is the most important award of my life»] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. "Fallece el mítico ex futbolista Quini tras sufrir un infarto en plena calle" (in Spanish). Marca. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. "Quini: Enrique Castro González". BDFutbol. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "Enrique Castro González, 'Quini' - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.
  5. "Quini". European Football. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  6. Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Enrique Castro González, 'Quini' – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. García Candau, Julián (19 June 1981). "El Barcelona ganó una bonita final de Copa" [Barcelona won beautiful Cup final]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  8. "El Barcelona se proclamó campeón de la Copa del Rey en el último minuto" [Barcelona crowned King's Cup champions in the last minute]. El País (in Spanish). 5 June 1983. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  9. "El Barcelona ganó la Copa de la Liga" [Barcelona won the League Cup.]. El País (in Spanish). 30 June 1983. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  10. "1981/82: Home sweet home for Barcelona". UEFA. 1 June 1982. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  11. Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Spain – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  12. Bravo, Luis Javier; Sillipp, Bernhard; Torre, Raúl; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Spain – List of Topscorers ("Pichichi") 1929–2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  13. Poquí, Joan (10 November 2017). "Quini, el 'Pichichi' de la camiseta Meyba" [Quini, the 'Pichichi' of the Meyba shirt]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  14. "El futbolista del año 80–81" [The 80–81 footballer of the year]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 April 1981. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  15. Mir, José (4 May 1982). "El futbolista del año 81–82" [The 81–82 footballer of the year]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2024.