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Antonio Puchades
Spanish footballer
Antonio Puchades Casanova (4 June 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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Puchades (right) in 1950 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Puchades Casanova | ||
| Date of birth | (1925-06-04)4 June 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Sueca, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 24 May 2013(2013-05-24) (aged 87) | ||
| Place of death | Sueca, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sueca | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1945–1946 | Mestalla | ||
| 1946–1958 | Valencia | 256 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 1949–1954 | Spain | 23 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Born in Sueca, Valencia, Puchades played solely for Valencia CF during his career, signing in 1945 and going on to spend 12 seasons in La Liga.[1] In his first season with the first team, however, he appeared in only four games as the club won the national championship,[2] becoming a regular from then onwards.[3][4][5]
Puchades retired from football in 1958 at the age of 33, being awarded a testimonial match the following year against OGC Nice.[6] He subsequently lost all connection to the football world, going on to work in family businesses.[7]
Puchades won 23 caps for Spain over five years. He was a member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup squad, appearing in all six games as the nation finished fourth in Brazil.[7]
Puchades, affectionally known as Tonico, died in his hometown of Sueca on 24 May 2013, two weeks shy of his 88th birthday.[8][9]
Valencia
- Valle, Conrado (26 May 2013). "La noche del dorsal '6': de Puchades a David Albelda" [The night of the number '6': from Puchades to David Albelda]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- Torres, David (13 April 2022). "75 años de la primera Liga de Puchades, la última de la delantera eléctrica y la del récord de victorias" [75th anniversary of Puchades' first League, last of the electric forwards and one of record of wins] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- "Valencia, 5 – R.Celta, 2". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 April 1954. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- "Barcelona, 4 – Valencia, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 January 1955. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- Narbona, Juan (28 April 1955). "Valencia, 4 – Las Palmas, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "El valencianismo despide a Puchades" [Valencia bids farewell to Puchades]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- Ramos, Jesús (30 November 2014). "Antonio Puchades, el ciclón de Sueca" [Antonio Puchades, cyclone from Sueca]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- "Adiós a 'Tonico' Puchades" [Goodbye to 'Tonico' Puchades]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- Sanz, José Antonio (24 May 2013). "Fallece el ex valencianista Antonio Puchades" [Former Valencia player Antonio Puchades dies]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- Antonio Puchades at BDFutbol
- Stats and bio at CiberChe (in Spanish)
- Antonio Puchades at National-Football-Teams.com
- Antonio Puchades – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Antonio Puchades at EU-Football.info