Emilio Butragueño

Emilio Butragueño Santos (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈmiljo βutɾaˈɣeɲo ˈsantos]; born 22 July 1963) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid. Nicknamed El Buitre (The Vulture), he was a member of the legendary Quinta del Buitre, along with Manolo Sanchís, Rafael Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.

Butragueño amassed La Liga totals of 341 games and 123 goals for his main club, in 12 seasons, and represented the Spanish national team in two World Cups (being the second top scorer in the 1986 edition) and as many European Championships, scoring 26 international goals for his country for a record that stood several years.

Club career

In 1981, skilled Butragueño joined hometown's Real Madrid's youth system, playing first for its reserve side before being given his senior debut by Alfredo Di Stéfano on 5 February 1984 against Cádiz CF: he made an instant impact, scoring twice and assisting for the third goal in a 3–2 away turnaround, after Real trailed by 0–2.^[1] On 12 December that year he made his European competition debut, contributing with a hat-trick to a 6–1 home triumph against R.S.C. Anderlecht for the UEFA Cup third round (after a 0–3 loss in Brussels), as the Merengues went on to win the competition.^[2][3]

At the time, Real Madrid's form was so patchy that first team's attendances were poorer than the reserve side ones.^[4] Butragueño contributed to the side's transformation, and was a prominent member of the team during the 1980s, winning numerous honours: he received the European Bronze award for best footballer in two consecutive years, and won the Pichichi Trophy in 1991, while also being instrumental in the capital club's five La Liga trophies, two Copa del Rey and two consecutive UEFA Cups.

In June 1995, having lost his influence in the Real Madrid side (only eight games and one goal, as the club won another league), mainly due to the emergence of 17-year-old Raúl, Butragueño signed for Club Celaya in Mexico and, in his first year, the team reached the final of the national championship. After three seasons where he was known as the Gentleman of the Pitch – never received a single red card during his entire career – he finally decided to retire from the game in April 1998.^[3]

International career

Butragueño played 69 international matches for Spain, and scored 26 goals. His debut came on 17 October 1984 against Wales in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier,^[5] although he had already been picked as an uncapped player for the UEFA Euro 1984 team as the nation finished runners-up.

Butragueño was also selected for the 1986 World Cup, where he played a major part, scoring four goals as Spain beat Denmark 5–1 in the round-of-16 match.^[6][7] He also played in the 1990 edition in Italy (four games, no goals), and was the national side's fifth-highest all-time top scorer behind David Villa, Raúl, Fernando Hierro, Fernando Morientes and Fernando Torres.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 October 1984	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Wales	3–0	3–0	1986 World Cup qualification
2.	23 January 1985	Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Finland	2–0	3–1	Friendly
3.	23 January 1985	Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Finland	3–0	3–1	Friendly
4.	19 February 1986	Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain	Belgium	1–0	3–0	Friendly
5.	26 March 1986	Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain	Poland	1–0	3–0	Friendly
6.	7 June 1986	Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara, Mexico	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
7.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Denmark	1–1	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
8.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Denmark	1–2	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
9.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Denmark	1–4	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
10.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, Mexico	Denmark	1–5	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
11.	15 October 1986	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	West Germany	0–1	2–2	Friendly
12.	18 February 1987	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	England	1–0	2–4	Friendly
13.	23 September 1987	Nou Castalia, Castellón, Spain	Luxembourg	2–0	2–0	Friendly
14.	1 June 1988	El Helmántico, Salamanca, Spain	Sweden	1–0	1–3	Friendly
15.	11 June 1988	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	Denmark	1–2	2–3	UEFA Euro 1988
16.	12 October 1988	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Argentina	1–0	1–1	Friendly
17.	16 November 1988	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	1990 World Cup qualification
18.	21 December 1988	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Northern Ireland	2–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualification
19.	15 November 1989	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Hungary	2–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualification
20.	28 March 1990	La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain	Austria	2–0	2–3	Friendly
21.	26 May 1990	Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–1	Friendly
22.	10 October 1990	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Iceland	1–0	2–1	Euro 1992 qualifying
23.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	3–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
24.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	5–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
25.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	7–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
26.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	8–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying

Honours

Club

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95
• Copa del Rey: 1988–89, 1992–93
• Copa de la Liga: 1984–85
• Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
• UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
• Copa Iberoamericana: 1994

Country

• UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1984

Individual

• Bravo Award: 1985, 1986
• Bronze Ball: 1986, 1987
• Pichichi Trophy: 1990–91
• FIFA World Cup Silver Boot: 1986
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986
• FIFA 100

Club statistics

Post-retirement and other ventures

Still as a player Butragueño had a computer game with his name released in 1988, for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and MSX.^[8]

On 19 October 2004 he replaced Jorge Valdano, a former Real Madrid teammate, as the club's director of football^[9] and, until the end of the 2005–06 season, also served as the club's vice-president.^[10] Subsequently he acted as head of Public relations for the organization.^[11][12]

References

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Emilio Butragueño at National-Football-Teams.com
• Emilio Butragueño – FIFA competition record
• Real Madrid biography (Spanish)
• FootballDatabase profile and stats

Spain squads v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up 1 Arconada 2 Urquiaga 3 Camacho 4 Maceda 5 Goikoetxea 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Víctor 9 Santillana 10 Gallego 11 Carrasco 12 Salva 13 Buyo 14 J. Alberto 15 Roberto 16 Francisco 17 Marcos 18 Butragueño 19 Sarabia 20 Zubizarreta Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Maceda 5 Víctor 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Goikoetxea 9 Butragueño 10 Carrasco 11 Julio Alberto 12 Setién 13 Urruti 14 Gallego 15 Chendo 16 Rincón 17 Francisco 18 Calderé 19 Salinas 20 Eloy 21 Míchel 22 Ablanedo Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1988 1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Andrinúa 5 Víctor 6 Calderé 7 Salinas 8 M. Sanchís 9 Butragueño 10 Eloy 11 Gordillo 12 Diego 13 Buyo 14 Gallego 15 Eusebio 16 Bakero 17 Begiristain 18 Soler 19 M. Vázquez 20 Míchel Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta 2 Chendo 3 Jiménez 4 Andrinúa 5 Sanchís 6 Vázquez 7 Pardeza 8 Quique 9 Butragueño (c) 10 Fernando 11 Villarroya 12 Alkorta 13 Ablanedo 14 Górriz 15 Roberto 16 Bakero 17 Hierro 18 Rafa Paz 19 Salinas 20 Manolo 21 Míchel 22 Ochotorena Coach: Suárez