Rafael Gordillo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Gordillo Vázquez | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Almendralejo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Wingback | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1972 | San Pablo | ||
| 1972–1975 | Betis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Triana Balompié | ||
| 1976–1985 | Betis | 275 | (23) |
| 1985–1992 | Real Madrid | 182 | (20) |
| 1992–1995 | Betis | 68 | (8) |
| 1995–1996 | Écija | 18 | (1) |
| Total | 543 | (52) | |
| National team | |||
| 1977 | Spain U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1979 | Spain U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 1979 | Spain amateur | 4 | (0) |
| 1978–1988 | Spain | 75 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rafael Gordillo Vázquez (born 24 February 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer. A tremendously offensive left wingback, equally at ease as defender and midfielder and with a good effort rate, he had an unmistakable style of playing with his socks down.
He represented with individual and team success Betis and Real Madrid, appearing in 428 La Liga games and scoring 38 goals over the course of 16 seasons. He won ten major titles with the latter club, including five national championships.
Gordillo was a mainstay for the Spanish national team in the 80's, appearing in nearly 80 matches and representing the nation in five international tournaments.
Born in Almendralejo, Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Gordillo moved to Seville (from where his parents were originally) when he was just a few months old. He grew up in the Polígono de San Pablo neighbourhood, and signed with Real Betis in 1972 at the age of 15. On 30 January 1977 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, against Burgos CF, and helped the Andalusians to the Copa del Rey in his first year.
After nine professional seasons with Betis – 12 in total, and another with the reserve side – being named the country's footballer of the year at the end of the 1979–80 season and appearing in nearly 300 official matches, Gordillo moved to Real Madrid for 1985–86, winning the UEFA Cup in his debut campaign and scoring in the final against 1. FC Köln, and forming a dreaded left-wing partnership with José Antonio Camacho during four years, with the former playing as a midfielder. In 1989's Spanish Cup, he scored the final's only goal against Real Valladolid.
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