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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Buyo Sánchez | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-01-13)13 January 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Betanzos, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1973 | Ural | ||
| 1973–1975 | Betanzos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Mallorca | 16 | (0) |
| 1976–1980 | Deportivo La Coruña | 122 | (0) |
| 1978–1979 | →Huesca (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 1980–1986 | Sevilla | 199 | (0) |
| 1986–1997 | Real Madrid | 343 | (0) |
| Total | 702 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1979–1987 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 11 | (0) |
| 1980 | Spain B | 1 | (0) |
| 1983–1992 | Spain | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Real Madrid C | ||
| 2000–2001 | Real Madrid B | ||
| 2008 | Jaén B | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco "Paco"Buyo Sánchez (born 13 January 1958) is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper.
Best known for hisSevilla andReal Madrid spells, he appeared in 542La Liga matches, third all-time highest at the time of his retirement, winning 12 major titles with the latter club.
Buyo was a backup on theSpain national team for about one decade, representing the nation in twoEuropean Championships.
Buyo was born inBetanzos,Province of A Coruña. At the age of 14, he began playing football for local Ural, for which he appeared as both a goalkeeper andright winger during his one-year spell, achieving the feat of being both unbeaten between the goalposts and also the team's top scorer.[1]
Buyo's first senior club wasMallorca, in theTercera División. After one season, he joinedDeportivo de La Coruña, where he would stay until 1980, with a loan toHuesca – while he performedmilitary service inJaca – in between.[1] He made his debut inLa Liga in the1980–81 season withSevilla, being the starting goalkeeper from the beginning; he appeared in 248 competitive matches during his spell, also earning his first callup to theSpain national team.[2]
Buyo's performances at Sevilla madeReal Madrid require his services, signing him in 1986 as a replacement for veteranMiguel Ángel.[3] In hisfirst season, he played all 44 league games (the campaign featured a second stage), the first being a 3–1 away win overReal Murcia,[4] being instrumental to theMerengues' national title. He would remain in theSpanish capital until his retirement in 1997, aged 39.[5]
The local success Buyo met with Madrid (six leagues and twoCopa del Rey) could not be translated into international accolades, as they kept being eliminated inEuropean Cup competition. However, in his first season, he did have a memorable performance againstMichel Platini'sJuventus in theround of 16 of the1986–87 edition: after the Spaniards won 1–0 in the first leg and the Italians did the same in the second meeting, the winner was decided in apenalty shootout, won by the former after he saved two of the opposition's shots.[6] He earned his firstRicardo Zamora Trophy in the1987–88 campaign after conceding only 23 goals in 35 league fixtures, and his second came in1991–92 where he played as many matches, with 27 goals against.[7]
Madrid would win two more league titles with Buyo in goal, the first of which came in1994–95, during which he also had a streak of 709 minutes without conceding a goal in league play, between 3 December 1994 and 12 February 1995,[8] the fifth-longest streak ever in the Spanish league; in total, he kept 17clean sheets throughout the course of the season.[9] The club won another league in hisfinal year, but he did not feature at all as he was only third choice behindBodo Illgner andSantiago Cañizares.[10]
Buyo retired with 542 top-division games played, the third-most behind another goalkeeper,Andoni Zubizarreta, andEusebio Sacristán.[11]
During Buyo's time at Deportivo, he was selected to theSpain under-21 team. He also representedthe nation at the1980 Summer Olympics, beingeliminated in the first round.[12]
Atfull international level, Buyo wascapped seven times and was part of the squad that finished runner-up at theUEFA Euro 1984.[13][14] His debut came on 21 December 1983 in thehistorical 12–1 trouncing ofMalta for thequalifying stage, in a match played inSeville.[15]
After retiring, Buyo had a short coaching spell with Real Madridcadetes andthird senior team,[14] In2000–01, he was in charge ofCastilla in theSegunda División B.[16] He only returned to the benches in 2008, withReal Jaén's reserves.[17]
Additionally, Buyo worked as a sports analyst inAl-Jazeera, contributing to its La Liga andUEFA Euro 2008 coverage.[14]
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