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Eleuterio Santos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Brito.
Eleuterio Santos
Personal information
Full name Eleuterio Santos Brito
Date of birth (1940-11-09)9 November 1940
Place of birth Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Date of death 28 January 2008(2008-01-28) (aged 67)
Place of death Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Prosperidad
Tarrasa
Unión Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Tenerife 74 (26)
1963–1972 Zaragoza 199 (54)
1972–1975 Tudelano
Total 273+ (80+)
International career
1968 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eleuterio Santos Brito (9 November 1940 – 28 January 2008) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career with Real Zaragoza, appearing in 280 official games and scoring 96 goals.[1]

Club career

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Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Santos started playing with local CD Tenerife. He signed for Real Zaragoza in March 1963, going on to spend nine of his ten seasons with the club in La Liga and being part of an attacking frontline dubbed Los Magníficos, which also featured Canário, Carlos Lapetra, Marcelino and Juan Manuel Villa.[2][3]

Nicknamed Yeyo, Santos retired in 1975 aged 35 following a spell with CD Tudelano of Tercera División.[4]

International career

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Santos earned one cap for Spain, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away friendly draw against Sweden on 2 May 1968.[5][4]

Death

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Santos died in his hometown on 28 January 2008 at age 67, after a long battle with illness.[6]

Honours

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Tenerife

Zaragoza

References

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  1. ^ Ferrer, Pedro Luis (29 January 2008). "Fallece Eleuterio Santos, el '8' de los Magníficos" [Death of Eleuterio Santos, '8' of the Magnificent]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Muere Santos, uno de los "cinco magníficos" del Zaragoza" [Death of Santos, one of Zaragoza's "magnificent five"]. El País (in Spanish). 28 January 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  3. ^ Gay, Miguel (23 April 2014). "Los años Magníficos" [The Magnificent years]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Santos, uno de los 'Cinco magníficos'" [Santos, one of the 'Five magnificent'] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. ^ Prats, Matías (3 May 1968). "1–1: Prometedora actuación de la selección española a una semana del encuentro contra Inglaterra" [1–1: Promising performance by the Spanish national team one week away from the match against England]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Fallece Eleuterio Santos, jugador de "Los Cinco Magníficos" del Zaragoza" [Death of Eleuterio Santos, part of Zaragoza's "Magnificent Five"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 28 January 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  7. ^ Padilla, Luis (11 March 2018). "Se va el 'Magnífico' Santos" ['Magnificent' Santos goes away]. Atlántico Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ Lainz, Luis (6 July 1964). "R. Zaragoza, 2 – At. de Madrid, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ^ Pina, Nivardo (30 May 1966). "El Zaragoza conquistó brillantemente la Copa de S.E." [Zaragoza won the S.E. Cup brilliantly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  10. ^ "El Real Zaragoza, campeón de la Copa de Ferias en 1964" [Real Zaragoza, Fairs Cup champions in 1964]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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