Juan_Manuel_Asensi
Juan Manuel Asensi
Spanish footballer (born 1949)
Juan Manuel Asensi Ripoll (born 23 September 1949) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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Asensi in 1973 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Asensi Ripoll | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-09-23) 23 September 1949 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Elche | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1967 | Ilicitano | ||
| 1967–1970 | Elche | 80 | (23) |
| 1970–1980 | Barcelona | 299 | (74) |
| 1980–1982 | Puebla | 69 | (19) |
| 1982–1983 | Oaxtepec | 29 | (0) |
| Total | 477 | (116) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Spain U18 | 4 | (2) |
| 1969–1971 | Spain U23 | 8 | (1) |
| 1967–1971 | Spain amateur | 9 | (2) |
| 1969–1980 | Spain | 41 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–1995 | Barcelona (youth) | ||
| 2002 | Orihuela | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Asensi began his career at local Elche CF – at the time in La Liga – before joining FC Barcelona in 1970, for 80 million pesetas. During his time at the club, he was instrumental in helping the Catalans win the league in 1974 (34 matches, 11 goals, third-best in squad), also adding the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1979 and scoring in the final held in Basel.[2]
After only ten matches in the 1980–81 season, but 484 competitive appearances with 124 goals, 32-year-old Asensi moved to Mexico where he would play until his retirement in 1983.[3] He had two brief spells at coaching, with Barcelona's youth sides and lowly Orihuela CF.[4]
Asensi represented Spain 41 times, scoring seven goals. His debut came on 23 February 1969 in a 1–2 loss against Belgium for the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification, as the country did not make it to the final stages.[5]
Asensi was picked for the squads at the 1978 World Cup and UEFA Euro 1980 – his last international was played in the latter competition, also against Belgium (and also 1–2 defeat) – and also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[6]
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 23 February 1969 | Sclessin, Liège, Belgium |  Belgium | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1970 World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 11 October 1972 | Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain |  Argentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 19 October 1972 | Insular, Las Palmas, Spain |  Yugoslavia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1974 World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 23 February 1974 | Sarrià, Barcelona, Spain |  West Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 11 June 1978 | José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup |
| 6. | 15 November 1978 | Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
| 7. | 13 December 1978 | Helmántico, Salamanca, Spain |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 5–0 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
In 1984, Asensi co-founded the TARR football school in Barcelona with fellow ex-players Carles Rexach, Joaquim Rifé and Antoni Torres.[7]
Barcelona
- "1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller". UEFA. 1 June 1979. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- "Equipo Puebla 1980–81" [Puebla team 1980–81] (in Spanish). Puebla80s Blogspot. May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- "Esteban and Asensi, técnicos" [Esteban and Asensi, managers] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 July 1991. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- "Juan Manuel Asensi – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- "Asensi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- "Qué fue de... Asensi" [What happened to... Asensi] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- Juan Manuel Asensi at BDFutbol
- FC Barcelona profile
- Juan Manuel Asensi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Juan Manuel Asensi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Juan Manuel Asensi at EU-Football.info