Francisco García Gómez

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Paquito
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco García Gómez
Date of birth (1938-02-14) 14 February 1938
Place of birthOviedo, Spain
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Ovetense
Cibeles
Oviedo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1963Oviedo115(5)
1957–1958→ Juvencia (loan)
1958–1959La Felguera (loan)
1963–1972Valencia212(26)
1972–1973Mestalla31(1)
National team
1961Spain B1(0)
1962–1967Spain9(0)
Teams managed
Benimar
1973–1974Gandía
1974–1975Alzira
1975–1976Atlético Madrileño
1977–1978Valladolid
1978–1980Castellón
1980–1982Valladolid
1982Hércules
1983–1984Valencia
1985–1986Cádiz
1987–1988Figueres
1989–1990Las Palmas
1992–1993Racing Santander
1994–1995Rayo Vallecano
1995–1996Osasuna
1996–1997Rayo Vallecano
1999Villarreal
1999–2000Villarreal
2001–2002Onda
2002Villarreal
2004Villarreal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Francisco García Gómez, aka Paquito (born 14 February 1938 in Oviedo, Asturias), is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

Playing career

Over the course of 14 seasons, Paquito played in 327 La Liga games in representation of Real Oviedo and Valencia CF, scoring 31 goals. In the 1970–71 campaign he appeared in 27 matches (all starts) and netted three times as the Che won their fourth national championship, the first in 24 years.

Paquito won nine caps for Spain during nearly five years, his debut coming on 1 November 1962 against Romania.

Manager career

Paquito coached for more than 30 years, his first job with the professionals being in the 1977–78 season with Real Valladolid (Segunda División, seventh position).

He achieved three promotions to the top flight, with Racing de Santander (1993), Rayo Vallecano (1995) and Villarreal CF (2000). With the latter he also worked in directorial capacities, as an assistant manager, youth academy director and head coach of farm team CD Onda.[1]

Honours

Valencia
Spain

References

  1. García Gómez, «Paquito», Francisco; Vivir Asturias (Spanish)

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