Manolín Bueno

Manuel "Manolín" Bueno Cabral (born 5 February 1940) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

Manolín Bueno
Manuel Bueno with Real Madrid (1967)
Personal information
Full nameManuel Bueno Cabral
Date of birth (1940-02-05) 5 February 1940 (age 84)
Place of birthSeville, Spain
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
1953–1957Cádiz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1958Balón Cádiz
1958–1959Cádiz23(6)
1959–1971Real Madrid76(15)
1971–1973Sevilla30(4)
1973–1975Balón Cádiz
Total129(25)
International career
1960Spain U211(0)
1961Spain B2(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

The son of a former goalkeeper, also named Manuel (1910–1970),[1] Bueno was born in Seville, Andalusia, and started playing with Cádiz CF in Segunda División.

In 1959, the 19-year-old signed with Real Madrid, where he would remain for the following 11 campaigns.[2] Behind Francisco Gento in the queue for selection at both club and international level, Bueno featured infrequently for the Whites,[3] never appearing in more than nine league games in any season except his last, where he also scored a career-best seven goals to help the side to a fourth-place finish. Despite this, the club itself credits him with eight Primera División titles, as well as two national cups and two European Cups, though he did not take part in any of the finals[3] (he did play in one leg of their 1960 Intercontinental Cup victory). He left Real Madrid in the summer of 1971 with competitive totals of 119 matches and 27 goals.[3]

He retired from the professional game at the end of 1972–73 after two years – one spent in each major level – with hometown club Sevilla FC.

Honours

Real Madrid[3]

References