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Joaquín Peiró

Joaquín Peiró
Joaquín Peiró 1962.jpg
Peiró in 1962
Personal information
Full name Joaquín Peiró Lucas
Date of birth (1936-01-29) 29 January 1936 (age 81)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Covadonga (loan)
Tolosa (loan)
→ Jusa (loan)
→ Ferroviaria (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1962 Atlético Madrid 166 (92)
1954–1955 Murcia (loan) 22 (15)
1962–1964 Torino 46 (10)
1964–1966 Internazionale 25 (8)
1966–1970 Roma 103 (21)
1970–1971 Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
Total 362 (146)
National team
1959 Spain U21 1 (0)
1956–1959 Spain B 5 (5)
1956–1966 Spain 12 (5)
Teams managed
1978–1985 Atlético Madrileño
1985–1988 Granada
1988–1989 Figueres
1990 Atlético Madrid
1992–1993 Murcia
1997–1998 Badajoz
1998–2003 Málaga
2003–2004 Murcia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Joaquín Peiró Lucas (born 29 January 1936) is a Spanish retired football attacking midfielder and manager.

After excelling at Atlético Madrid – where he would start and end his professional career, collecting La Liga totals of 166 games and 92 goals, in nine seasons – he moved to Italy where he would remain for nearly one decade, in representation of three teams. He represented the Spanish national team in two World Cups.

Born in Madrid, Peiró made his senior debuts with Real Murcia on loan from hometown's Atlético Madrid, playing 16 complete La Liga matches with the latter in the 1955–66 season to help them finish in fifth position, and subsequently becoming first-choice. He was an essential offensive unit as the club won the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup, scoring in both matches of the final against ACF Fiorentina (1–1 in the first game, 3–0 in the replay).

In 1962, after more than 100 official goals for Atlético – he still started the 1962–63 campaign, netting six in only three games – Peiró moved to Italy and joined Torino FC, becoming the second Spaniard to play in Serie A after Luis Suárez, whom he later teamed up with at Inter Milan, becoming a part of the Grande Inter side that won the 1965 European Cup under manager Helenio Herrera; in the semi-finals against Liverpool he scored one in a 3–0 home win after a 1–3 loss at Anfield.


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