| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Francisco García Gómez | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1938-02-14)14 February 1938 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oviedo,Spain | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 86) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Valencia, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Ovetense | ||||||||||||||
| Cibeles | ||||||||||||||
| Oviedo | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1963 | Oviedo | 115 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | →Juvencia (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | →La Felguera (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 1963–1972 | Valencia | 212 | (26) | |||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Mestalla | 31 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Spain B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1962–1967 | Spain | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| Benimar | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Gandía | |||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Alzira | |||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Atlético Madrileño | |||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | Valladolid | |||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Castellón | |||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Valladolid | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | Hércules | |||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Valencia | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Cádiz | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Figueres | |||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Las Palmas | |||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Racing Santander | |||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Rayo Vallecano | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Osasuna | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Rayo Vallecano | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Villarreal | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Villarreal | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Onda | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Villarreal | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Villarreal | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Francisco García Gómez (14 February 1938 – 21 August 2024), commonly known asPaquito, was a Spanishfootballmidfielder andmanager.
Paquito was born inOviedo,Asturias. Over the course of 14 seasons, he played 327La Liga games as amidfielder in representation ofReal Oviedo andValencia CF, scoring 31 goals. In the1970–71 campaign, he appeared in 27 matches (all starts) and netted three times as the latter team won their fourth national championship, the first in 24 years.[1]
Paquito earned ninecaps forSpain during nearly five years, his debut coming on 1 November 1962 in a 6–0 home win againstRomania for the1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers. He was part of Spain's squad that won the1964 European Nations' Cup.[1]
Paquito coached for more than 30 years,[2] his first job with the professionals being in the1977–78 season withReal Valladolid (Segunda División, seventh position). He achieved three promotions to the top flight, withRacing de Santander (1993),Rayo Vallecano (1995) andVillarreal CF (2000).[3]
With the latter club, Paquito also worked in directorial capacities, as an assistant manager, youth academy director and head coach offarm teamCD Onda.[4][5]
García died inValencia on 21 August 2024, at the age of 86.[6]
Valencia
Spain
