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Pachín tries to control the ball during a Real Madrid game.
Enrique Pérez Pachín
died at the age of 82, as reported by Real Madrid on Wednesday morning, after a month and a half admitted to the HM Sanchinarro Hospital in Madrid.
Pachín, a versatile defender, is one of the club's legends;
he played between 1959 and 1968, nine years in which he won two European Cups and seven Leagues.
Pachín, born in Torrelavega (Cantabria) on December 28, 1938, during the Civil War, started in his local team, Gimnástica, before growing up in Burgos and debuting in the First Division with Osasuna, with whom played a season.
His career developed at Real Madrid until he became one of the team's benchmarks in the 1960s and won at least one title for every season he was in before leaving for Real Betis and closing his career at Deportivo Toluca in Mexico.
"Real Madrid wants to express its condolences and its affection and affection to his wife Mercedes, his daughters Cristina and Mercedes, his grandchildren Javier and Cristina and all their relatives and loved ones," the club shows in its condolences.
During his nine seasons at Real Madrid he played 218 games and won 2 European Cups, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 7 Leagues and 1 Spanish Cup and was an under-21 international with the Spanish team before making the leap to the absolute, with the who played eight games.
Goodbye friend.
Gregarious football champion, star as a person.
Different times but identical competitive values.
Companion of mus and laughter.
There you go, friend Zoco.
Inseparable.
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- Míchel (@MichelGonzalez) February 10, 2021
He made his debut on May 15, 1960 against England (3-0).
Their last meeting was against Northern Ireland on May 30, 1963 (1-1).
The balance was six wins, one draw and one defeat (against Brazil, 2-1, at the World Cup in Chile).
In the Madrid quarry, Pachín also took his first steps as a coach, in a career in which he directed Getafe, Osasuna, Ceuta, Real Valladolid, Albacete, Hercules, Granada, Levante and Córdoba.