Quini
Quini in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique Castro González | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Don Bosco | |||
| Ensidesa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1968 | Ensidesa | 22 | (17) |
| 1968–1980 | Sporting Gijón | 381 | (214) |
| 1980–1984 | Barcelona | 100 | (54) |
| 1984–1987 | Sporting Gijón | 62 | (17) |
| Total | 567 | (302) | |
| National team | |||
| 1968 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1971 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1969–1972 | Spain amateur | 9 | (11) |
| 1970–1982 | Spain | 35 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Enrique Castro González (born 23 September 1949), known as Quini, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.
In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of the country's best strikers, having won a total of seven Pichichi Trophy awards, five of those in La Liga.
A Spanish international for 12 years, Quini represented the nation in two World Cups and one European Championship.
Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Quini joined local Real Oviedo's neighbours Sporting de Gijón in 1968, from amateurs CD Ensidesa. In his first season in La Liga, 1970–71, he scored 13 goals in 30 matches and, during the following nine years, only netted once in single digits and won three Pichichi, one in Segunda División; ironically, in the year in which he won his second, Sporting was relegated, the player's 21 goals being insufficient to avoid the last place.
In the 1980 summer, Quini signed with FC Barcelona, which had already tried to sign the player after Sporting's relegation. In his first two years combined he scored 47 league goals, good enough for two more scoring accolades. He also helped the Catalans to the 1981 Copa del Rey, netting twice to put away his beloved Sporting in a 3–1 win in the final; additionally, in the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup, he helped Barça come from behind to beat Belgium's Standard Liège 2–1 as the final was held at the Camp Nou.
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