Antonio Valero (footballer, born 1931)

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Antonio Valero
Personal information
Full name Antonio Valero Yubero[1]
Date of birth (1931-03-21)21 March 1931
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Date of death 3 October 2018(2018-10-03) (aged 87)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1954 RCD Córdoba 58 (0)
1954–1963 Sevilla 194 (3)
Total 252 (3)
International career
1957 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Valero Yubero (21 March 1931 – 3 October 2018) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Madrid, Valero played club football for RCD Córdoba and Sevilla.[1][2]

He made one international appearance for Spain in 1957.[2]

Later life and death

After retiring as a player due to injury, he worked as coach for the Sevilla youth teams. He died on 3 October 2018, at the age of 87.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Antonio Valero at BDFutbol
  2. ^ a b "Antonio Valero". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Fallece Antonio Valero, Dorsal de Leyenda de los años 50" (in Spanish). Diario de Sevilla. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.