Paco Gento

Francisco Gento López (21 October 1933 – 18 January 2022) was a Spanish football player. He played for Spain national team.

Paco Gento

Gento in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Gento López
Date of birth	(1933-10-21)21 October 1933
Place of birth	Guarnizo, Spain
Date of death	18 January 2022(2022-01-18) (aged 88)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s)	Outside left
Youth career
	SD Nueva Montaña
	Unión Club Astillero
	Rayo Cantabria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952–1953	Racing Santander	10	(2)
1953–1971	Real Madrid	427	(127)
Total		437	(129)
International career
1956	Spain B	1	(0)
1955–1969	Spain	43	(5)
Managerial career
	Real Madrid Castilla
1974	Castellón
1977–1980	Palencia
1980–1981	Granada
1997–2000	Cantabria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Death

Gento died in Madrid, Spain on 18 January 2022, aged 88.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[1]

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Europe[a]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Racing Santander	1952–53	Primera División	10	2	4	1	—		—		14	3
Real Madrid	1953–54	Primera División	17	0	4	0	—		—		21	0
	1954–55		24	6	3	0	—		2[b]	0	29	6
	1955–56		29	7	6	3	7	1	—		42	11
	1956–57		27	7	3	0	8	1	2[b]	3	40	11
	1957–58		28	7	5	1	6	3	—		39	11
	1958–59		21	7	4	2	8	1	—		33	10
	1959–60		27	15	5	3	6	2	—		38	20
	1960–61		28	9	8	3	2	1	1[c]	1	39	14
	1961–62		25	6	9	4	9	2	—		43	12
	1962–63		25	7	4	1	2	1	—		31	9
	1963–64		24	12	2	0	9	3	—		35	15
	1964–65		23	4	3	0	6	5	—		32	9
	1965–66		28	10	3	2	9	3	—		40	15
	1966–67		20	11	5	0	4	0	1[c]	0	30	11
	1967–68		24	8	1	0	7	5	—		32	13
	1968–69		26	8	2	1	2	0	—		30	9
	1969–70		24	3	4	1	3	3	—		31	7
	1970–71		7	0	2	0	6[d]	0	—		15	0
	Total		427	127	73	21	94	31	6	4	600	183
Career total			437	129	78	22	94	31	6	4	614	186

1. All appearances in European Cup, unless otherwise noted
2. Appearances in Latin Cup
3. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
4. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	1955	1	0
	1956	1	0
	1957	7	0
	1958	2	0
	1959	5	1
	1960	4	0
	1961	7	1
	1962	6	0
	1963	3	1
	1966	3	1
	1967	2	1
	1968	2	0
	1969	1	0
Total		44	5

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gento goal.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Francisco Gento

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 1959	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain	Poland	3–0	3–0	1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
2	2 April 1961	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain	France	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3	30 October 1963	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–0	1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
4	23 June 1966	Riazor, A Coruña, Spain	Uruguay	1–1	1–1	Friendly
5	31 May 1967	San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain	Turkey	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

Honours

Real Madrid before the 1966 European Cup Final against FK Partizan

Real Madrid^[4]

• La Liga (12): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
• Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62, 1969–70
• European Cup (6): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66
• Intercontinental Cup: 1960

Semi-official

• Latin Cup: 1955, 1957

Non-official

• Small Club World Cup: 1956

Individual

• World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962^[5]
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2004^[6]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[7]
• IFFHS Legends^[8]

Records

• Most La Liga titles: 12^[9]
• Most European Cup titles: 6^[10]
• Most European Cup final appearances: 8 (tied with Paolo Maldini)^[11]