Amancio Amaro (La Coruña, 1939), former player and honorary president of real Madridpassed away this morning at the age of 83, according to the white club.
“A benchmark for Real Madrid and currently honorary president of our club, he was a Real Madrid player from 1962 to 1976. Throughout those 14 seasons he played 471 games, scored 155 goals and became one of the great legend of our team” , recalled in a statement of the club led by Florentino Pérez.
In ‘Goodbye Amancio’, Real Madrid said goodbye to a player who arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu in 1962 from Deportivo, with the stripes of becoming the leading scorer in the Second Division.
Amancio won a sixth European Cup, 9 Leagues and 3 Spanish Cups with Real Madrid, as well as being top scorer in 1969 and 1970.
Source: La Verdad
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