Eloy Matute
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eloy Matute Urbano | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Armilla, Granada, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Granada | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Recreativo Granada | ||
| 1962–1963 | Granada | ||
| 1963–1964 | Recreativo Granada | ||
| 1964–1967 | Granada | ||
| 1967–1972 | Sevilla | ||
| 1972–1973 | Mallorca | ||
| 1973–1975 | Cádiz | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eloy Matute Urbano (born 6 April 1944), was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Granada and Sevilla in the 1960s.
Playing career
Born on 6 April 1944 in Armilla, Granada, Matute began his football career in the youth ranks of his hometown club Granada CF, eventually joining its reserve team in 1961, the so-called Recreativo Granada, then in the Tercera División.[1][2] The following year, he made his debut with the first team in a match against Hércules in Alicante, scoring his side's second goal in a 3–1 win.[2] After spending the entire 1963–64 season at Recreativo, he was brought back up to the first team by Francisco Antúnez, but it was only under Jenő Kalmár that he was able to established himself as an undisputed starter, featuring in 32 of the 35 official matches and scoring 10 goals, including the decisive one against Málaga (1–1) to achieve promotion to La Liga.[2]
In 1967, Matute was transferred to Sevilla, and although his first season there ended in relegation, he then helped the club win the 1968–69 Segunda División, and in their first season back in the top-flight, Sevilla finished in third place, which qualified the club for the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[2] He remained loyal to the Nervion club for five years, from 1967 until 1972, scoring a total of 18 goals in 114 matches (103 in the league, nine in the Copa del Rey, and two in the Fairs Cup).[2]
After leaving Sevilla in 1972, Matute joined Mallorca, for whom he scored six goals, but at the end of the season, he and Isidoro signed for Cádiz.[3] He made his debut for Cádiz on 2 September 1973, in a league match against Tenerife, and playing his last match for the club two years later, on 11 May 1975, in a league match against Sabadell.[4] In total, he scored 14 goals in 90 La Liga matches.[1]
Honours
- Sevilla
- Segunda División
- Champions (1): 1968–69
References
- ^ a b "Eloy Matute". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Eloy". www.andalupedia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Eloy Matute, única temporada como jugador del Mallorca" [Eloy Matute, his only season as a Mallorca player]. rcdmallorca1916.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Ficha Eloy" [Eloy file]. cadistas1910.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2025.
External links
- Eloy Matute at bdfutbol
- Eloy Matute at WorldFootball.net