Eugenio Leal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eugenio Leal Vargas | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Carriches, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
La Salle | |||
Atlético Madrid | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1982 | Atlético Madrid | 185 | (24) |
1973–1974 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 23 | (4) |
1983 | Sabadell | 2 | (0) |
Total | 210 | (28) | |
International career | |||
1970–1971 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) |
1973–1976 | Spain amateur | 3 | (0) |
1977–1978 | Spain | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eugenio Leal Vargas (born 13 May 1954) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent most of his 12-year professional career with Atlético Madrid, appearing in more than 230 competitive games and winning two La Liga championships.
A Spain international for one year, Leal represented the country at the 1978 World Cup.
Club career
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Leal helped Atlético to the 1973 and 1977 domestic leagues, contributing a total of 42 matches and four goals to the achievements.[2][3][4][5] After retiring, he settled in Granada and worked as a stockbroker.[1]
International career
Leal earned the first of his 13 caps for Spain on 16 April 1977, in a 0–1 away loss against Romania for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[6] Six months later, in the same phase and facing the same opponent, he scored in the 2–0 win in Madrid.[7]
Selected to the finals in Argentina by coach László Kubala, Leal featured in three games in an eventual group stage exit.[8]
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 26 October 1977 | Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain | Romania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1978 World Cup qualification[7] |
Honours
Atlético Madrid
References
- ^ a b c Guijarro, Miguel Ángel (16 November 2004). "El 'Cheli', carisma en rojo y blanco" ['Cheli', charisma in red and white] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ "2–1: El Atlético, mal; el Betis, peor" [2–1: Atlético, bad, Betis, worse]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 September 1972. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Ventura, Xavier (25 October 1976). "3–1: El Barcelona no supo frenar al Atlético" [3–1: Barcelona could not stop Atlético]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Fanlo, M. (10 January 1977). "2–3: Ganó el fútbol de conjunto del Atlético" [2–3: Atlético team football won]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (7 March 1977). "5–1: Goleada del Atlético al Elche" [5–1: Atlético rout of Elche]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Rovira, Ramón (17 April 1977). "1–0: Mal la selección y mal el resultado" [1–0: Bad national team and bad result]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ a b Rovira, Ramón (27 October 1977). "2–0: España sudó pero ganó bien" [2–0: Spain broke a sweat but won fairly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Castillo, J.J. (8 June 1978). "0–0: En pies de Cardeñosa estuvo el triunfo español" [0–0: Cardeñosa had Spain win in his feet]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
External links
- Eugenio Leal at BDFutbol
- Eugenio Leal at National-Football-Teams.com
- Eugenio Leal – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Eugenio Leal at EU-Football.info