Quini

Quini (23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018) was a former Spanish football player. He played for Spain national team.

Quini

Personal information
Full name	Enrique Castro González
Date of birth	(1949-09-23)23 September 1949
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Date of death	27 February 2018(2018-02-27) (aged 68)
Place of death	Gijón, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968-1980 1980-1984 1984-1987	Sporting Gijón Barcelona Sporting Gijón
International career
1970-1982	Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

On 29 April 2016, the Town Hall of Gijón named Quini adoptive son of the city.^[1]

On 27 February 2018, Quini died at the age of 68 after suffering a heart attack.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ensidesa	1967–68	Tercera División	22	17	—		—		—		—		22	17
Sporting Gijón	1968–69	Segunda División	21	15	—		—		—		—		21	15
	1969–70	Segunda División	34	24	1	1	—		—		—		35	25
	1970–71	La Liga	30	13	2	0	—		—		—		32	13
	1971–72	La Liga	24	9	3	1	—		—		—		27	10
	1972–73	La Liga	34	11	8	5	—		—		—		42	16
	1973–74	La Liga	34	20	2	1	—		—		—		36	21
	1974–75	La Liga	32	12	6	3	—		—		—		38	15
	1975–76	La Liga	34	21	4	2	—		—		—		38	23
	1976–77	Segunda División	38	26	5	4	—		—		—		43	30
	1977–78	La Liga	32	15	10	9	—		—		—		42	24
	1978–79	La Liga	33	23	1	0	—		4[a]	0	—		38	23
	1979–80	La Liga	34	25	9	3	—		2[a]	0	—		45	28
	Total		380	214	51	29	—		6	0	—		437	243
Barcelona	1980–81	La Liga	30	20	9	9	—		2[a]	1	—		41	30
	1981–82	La Liga	32	26	2	0	—		8[b]	3	—		42	29
	1982–83	La Liga	22	4	2	0	1	0	2[b]	0	2[c]	0	29	4
	1983–84	La Liga	16	3	5	5	6	0	1[b]	2	1[d]	0	29	10
	Total		100	53	18	14	7	0	13	6	3	0	141	73
Sporting Gijón	1984–85	La Liga	21	9	7	5	6	5	—		—		34	19
	1985–86	La Liga	24	7	3	3	4	1	2[a]	0	—		33	11
	1986–87	La Liga	16	1	1	1	—		—		—		17	2
	Total		61	17	11	9	10	6	2	0	—		84	32
Career total			563	301	80	52	17	6	21	6	3	0	684	365

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
3. Appearances in European Super Cup
4. Appearance in Supercopa de España

International

^[4]

Spain national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1970	2	1
1971	3	0
1972	2	0
1973	1	0
1974	5	2
1975	2	0
1976	3	0
1977	1	0
1978	4	2
1979	4	0
1980	3	2
1981	1	0
1982	4	1
Total	35	8

International goals

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Quini goal.

List of international goals scored by Quini^[5][6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 October 1970	La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain	Greece	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2	20 November 1974	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
3				2–1
4	29 March 1978	El Molinón, Gijón, Spain	Norway	1–0	3–0	Friendly
5	26 April 1978	Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain	Mexico	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6	16 April 1980	El Molinón, Gijón, Spain	Czechoslovakia	2–2	2–2	Friendly
7	15 June 1980	Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy	Belgium	1–1	1–2	UEFA Euro 1980
8	24 February 1982	Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain	Scotland	2–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Sporting Gijón

• Segunda División: 1969–70, 1976–77

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey: 1980–81,^[7] 1982–83^[8]
• Supercopa de España: 1983
• Copa de la Liga: 1983^[9]
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1981–82^[10]

Individual

• Don Balón Award: 1978–79^[11]
• Pichichi Trophy: 1973–74, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 (La Liga);^[12] 1969–70, 1976–77 (Segunda División)^[13]
• La Liga Team of The Year: 1980–81,^[14] 1981–82^[15]