.jpg) Cañizares withValencia in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1969-12-18)18 December 1969 (age 55)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Calvo Sotelo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Real Madrid C | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Real Madrid B | 35 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | →Elche (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | →Mérida (loan) | 38 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Celta | 74 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Real Madrid | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2008 | Valencia | 305 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 500 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Spain U16 | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Spain U18 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2006 | Spain | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (Spanish pronunciation:[xoˈsesanˈtjaɣokaɲiˈθaɾesˈrwiθ]; born 18 December 1969) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
A product ofReal Madrid's youth academies, he eventually joined the first team but proved unable to establish himself there, being loaned out twice. He moved toValencia in 1998, appearing in 418 official matches over the next decade and winning several major titles, including twoLa Liga championships and the2004 UEFA Cup.[3]
Cañizares representedSpain in threeWorld Cups and as manyEuropean Championships, and won a gold medal at the1992 Summer Olympics.
Born inMadrid but raised inPuertollano,Castilla–La Mancha from where his parents hailed,[4][1] Cañizares started his career withReal Madrid in 1988, playing initially with itsC team. He started professionally withElche,Mérida andCelta de Vigo, making his firstLa Liga appearance with theGalicians in the1992–93 season, missing only two league games during his tenure and subsequently returning to Real Madrid.[5]
Unable to cement a starting place, his best output being 26 matches during1997–98 (but he lost his place in the final part of the year toBodo Illgner, thus missing the1998 Champions League final),[6][7] Cañizares moved toValencia in 1998 to replace the retiredAndoni Zubizarreta. He helped the club to win theCopa del Rey andSupercopa de España in 1999,[8] also reaching consecutiveUEFA Champions League finals (2000 and2001, saving apenalty fromBayern Munich'sMehmet Scholl in normal time of an eventualpenalty shootout defeat in the latter edition)[9] and winning national championships in2002 and2004, adding the2004 UEFA andSuper Cups;[10][11] following the latter campaign, the 34-year-old renewed his contract with theChe for a further two years.[12]
In December 2007, Cañizares, alongside teammatesMiguel Ángel Angulo andDavid Albelda, was axed by managerRonald Koeman,[13] with all three players limited to training and unable to join another side in Spain, having already played four league games. In late April 2008, however, with Koeman's sacking, all three were reinstated by new coachVoro in a squadseriously threatened with relegation, with five rounds remaining; he returned to action on 27 April 2008 asTimo Hildebrand andJuan Luis Mora were injured, in a 3–0 home win againstOsasuna.[14]
On 16 May 2008, Cañizares agreed to end his contract with Valencia and leave the club.[15] He played his final game two days later againstAtlético Madrid,[16] retiring shortly after at almost 39 years of age and having appeared in exactly 500 league matches – bothmajor levels combined – during exactly two decades.
Cañizares earned 46appearances forSpain, debuting on 17 November 1993 in a1994 FIFA World Cupqualifier againstDenmark.[17] As Zubizarreta wassent off in the tenth minute, he kept aclean sheet; the match ended in a 1–0 victory for the Spaniards.[18]
However, Cañizares was often second choice, and only played five games in the major international scene, one in the 1994 World Cup (as Zubizarreta served a one-match ban), three inUEFA Euro 2000 and one in the2006 World Cup. He was also a squad member at theEuro 1996,1998 World Cup, andEuro 2004;[19] however, he did not take part in any of them, being behind by Zubizarreta in the 1990s andIker Casillas in 2004. He was equally unused by thegold-winning team at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, whereToni Jiménez appeared in all the matches.[20][21]
Cañizares' club form ensured himself starter status in the2002 World Cup, but he missed out on the tournament due to an accident with an aftershave bottle, which resulted in a severed tendon in his foot.[22] He was also in Spain's squad at the following edition, making his only appearance in Germany and last in his international career in the last group match, a 1–0 victory overSaudi Arabia inKaiserslautern.[23]
Cañizares was considered to be one of the best goalkeepers of his generation, withPeter Schmeichel lauding him as the best goalkeeper in the world in 2004.[24][25] Although he was a good shot-stopper who possessed good reflexes and penalty-stopping abilities, he was not known to be a spectacular goalkeeper, although he was capable of producing difficult saves when necessary. He was mainly known for his consistency, composure, outstanding positional, sense and reading of the game, as well as ability to organise the back-line, and was a vocal presence in goal.[26][27][28]
In October 2010, Cañizares competed for the first time in a scoring event for theSpanish Rally Championship, driving aSuzuki Swift with co-driver Dani Cué in the Sierra Morena Rally.[29] The following year, with the same car and the same partner, he was part of the Suzuki Ibérica Motor Sport team.[30]
During a session in the 2016 Sierra Morena Rally, Cañizares crashed his vehicle after attempting to break coming into a bend. He eventually emerged unharmed from the accident.[31]
On 17 June 2017, Cañizares earned his first victory by winning the Rally de la Cerámica with aPorsche 997.[32][33] Later that year, he was crownedValencian Community champion.[34]
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After retiring, Cañizares worked as a commentator.[35][36] He fathered seven children from his two marriages, includingtriplets with his second wife Mayte García.[37]
On 23 March 2018, Cañizares announced the death of his five-year-old son Santi due tocancer.[38] In 2019, he was subjected to controversy after making disapproving comments on the circumstances ofJosé Antonio Reyes' death; following immediate social media backlash, he issued a more compassionate statement of clarification.[39]
On 16 October 2020, it was reported that Cañizares' sonLucas would be included in the squad list of Real Madrid for a league match againstCádiz.[40]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid | 1988–89 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Castilla | 1989–90 | Segunda División | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| Elche (loan) | 1990–91 | Segunda División | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mérida (loan) | 1991–92 | Segunda División | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| Celta | 1992–93 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| Total | 74 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 0 | ||||
| Real Madrid | 1994–95 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1997–98 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Valencia | 1998–99 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 54 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000 | La Liga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — | 55 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | La Liga | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | La Liga | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 305 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 416 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 500 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 637 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 0 | |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | Dasi Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 36th |
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| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | NWESC | Pts | |||
| 2015 | Dasi Racing Team | 4 | Mustang | VAL 17 | VAL | VEN | VEN | BRH | BRH | TOU | TOU | UMB | UMB | ZOL | ZOL | 36th | 27 | |||
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