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Quini
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Enrique Castro González (; 23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini , was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.
Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Quini
- Football biography.image
- Quini 1983.jpg
- Football biography.upright
- 0.9
- Football biography.caption
- Quini in 1983
- Football biography.full_name
- Enrique Castro González
- Football biography.birth_place
- Oviedo, Spain
- Football biography.death_place
- Gijón, Spain
- Football biography.height
- 1.76 m
- Football biography.position
- Striker
- Football biography.youthclubs1
- Don Bosco
- Football biography.youthclubs2
- Ensidesa
- Football biography.years1
- 1967–1968
- Football biography.clubs1
- Ensidesa
- Football biography.caps1
- 22
- Football biography.goals1
- 17
- Football biography.years2
- 1968–1980
- Football biography.clubs2
- Sporting Gijón
- Football biography.caps2
- 380
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Castro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Oviedo
- Place of death
- Gijón
- Sibling
- Jesús Castro González
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1980
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Quini 1983.jpg
- Height
- 176
- Significant event
- kidnapping
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- total goals in career
- 0
- date of birth
- 1949-09-23
- date of death
- 2018-02-27
- name in native language
- Enrique Castro González
- Commons category
- Quini
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- second family name in Spanish name
- González
- pseudonym
- El Brujo, Quinocho, Quinigol
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- coach of sports team
- FC Barcelona
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Club career
- Kidnapping
- International career
- Personal life
- Death
- Career statistics
- Club
- International
- Honours
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Enrique Castro González (; 23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini , was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.
In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of the country's best strikers, having won a total of seven Pichichi Trophy awards, five of those in La Liga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.