Gallego (footballer)
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For other people named Gallego, see Gallego (disambiguation).
Francisco Fernández Rodríguez (born 4 March 1944 at Puerto Real), nicknamed Gallego, is a former Spanish footballer, in the defender position.
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Full name | Francisco Fernández Rodríguez | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1944-03-04) 4 March 1944 (age 80) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Puerto Real, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
San José | ||||||||||||||
Sevilla | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1961–1965 | Sevilla | 69 | (7) | |||||||||||
1965–1975 | Barcelona | 248 | (17) | |||||||||||
1975–1980 | Sevilla | 116 | (2) | |||||||||||
Total | 433 | (26) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1961–1962 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
1964 | Spain B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1966–1973 | Spain | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
During his club career, Gallego played for Sevilla FC (1961–65, 1975–80, with 185 first division matches and 9 goals) and FC Barcelona (1965–75, adding a further 248 games with 17 goals). He won the 1973–74 national championship.
Gallego earned 36 caps for the Spain national football team and played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.