Quique Costas

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Quique Costas
Personal information
Full name Enrique Álvarez Costas
Date of birth (1947-01-16) 16 January 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
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Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1971 Celta 169 (11)
1971–1980 Barcelona 170 (3)
Total 339 (14)
International career
1965–1967 Spain amateur 5 (1)
1970–1975 Spain 13 (0)
Managerial career
1987–1989 Barcelona C
1989–1996 Barcelona B
2001–2003 Barcelona B
2005–2007 Barcelona B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Costas.

Enrique 'Quique' Álvarez Costas (born 16 January 1947) is a Spanish retired football defender and coach.

He played in 229 La Liga games over the course of 11 seasons (nine goals), in representation of Celta and Barcelona.

In the 1990s Costas began a lengthy managerial career, mainly being in charge of Barcelona B.

Club career

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Costas began his professional career with local Celta de Vigo in 1965. He played 26 second division games in his first season, including both legs of the La Liga playoff promotion against CE Sabadell FC.[1]

After solid performances in the 1970–71 campaign Costas moved to league powerhouse FC Barcelona, after 170 overall appearances. Almost never an undisputed starter he was still used regularly, and helped the Catalans to the 1979 conquest of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his penultimate year.

Costas took up coaching afterwards, eventually managing Barcelona's B-side on three occasions.[2][3][4] On one of them he coincided with his son Quique Álvarez, a La Masia youth product and also a defender, who went on to play with success for Villarreal CF; he had another son, Óscar, who occupied the same position and competed mainly in the second and third levels.[5]

International career

Costas gained 13 caps for Spain during a five-year period. His debut came on 11 February 1970 in a 2–0 friendly win with West Germany (90 minutes played).

Costas was not selected, however, for any major international tournament, as Spain did not manage to reach any during that timeframe.

Honours

Barcelona

References

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