MADRID — Paco Gento, the only footballer to win six European
Cups, has died aged 88, his former club
Real Madrid announced on Tuesday.
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Gento's club record of 23 trophies, which stood for over 50 years, was equaled
on Sunday by Real captain
Marcelo when he came on as a substitute in the Super
Cup victory.
Gento scored 182 goals in 600 matches, also accruing among his trophies
12 league titles and two Spanish Cups from 1953-1971.
"Real Madrid C. F., the club's president and the Board of
Directors are deeply saddened by the death of Francisco Gento, honorary
president of Real Madrid and one of the greatest legends of our club and of
world football," read Real's statement on their website.
"Paco Gento is the only player in the history of football to have
won the European Cup 6 times.
"He will always be remembered by madridistas and all football fans
as one of their greatest."
Gento played on the left wing in a formidable attacking line-up with
some of the greatest names of the era, including Alfredo di Stefano, Raymond
Kopa and Ferenc Puskas.
They won five successive European Cups from 1956 to 1960 with Gento
surviving a cull of that generation by former teammate-turned-manager Miguel
Munoz and going on to lift the trophy for a sixth time in 1966.
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