Enrique Saura
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Full name | Enrique Saura Gil | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Onda, Spain | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1969–1972 | Onda | ||
1972–1974 | Castellón | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1975 | Castellón | 34 | (6) |
1975–1985 | Valencia | 304 | (37) |
1985–1988 | Castellón | 67 | (6) |
1988–1992 | Onda | ||
International career | |||
1976 | Spain amateur | 2 | (0) |
1980–1981 | Spain B | 3 | (0) |
1978–1982 | Spain | 23 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Enrique Saura Gil (born 2 August 1954) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
In his career he played mainly for Castellón and Valencia, appearing in more than 400 official games with the latter and winning three major titles.
Saura represented Spain at the 1982 World Cup and Euro 1980.
Club career
Saura was born in Onda, Castellón, Valencian Community. During his career, he played exclusively in his native region: after starting at CD Castellón he moved to local giants Valencia CF, where he would be an undisputed starter throughout his ten-year spell. He helped the Che win three titles in one year, most notably the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup, while he added 37 goals in La Liga.
After leaving Valencia at 31 Saura returned to Castellón, for three Segunda División seasons. He then moved to amateurs CD Onda, his very first youth club, where he retired at nearly 38.
International career
Saura gained 23 caps for Spain, the first coming on 8 November 1978 in a friendly with France. During Valencia's stellar 1979–80 he began being a regular for the national team, and was called up for the squads at both UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup; in the latter he scored one of his four international goals, netting in a crucial 2–1 win against Yugoslavia after he had been in the pitch for only three minutes.
Saura also represented Spain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, as the nation was eliminated in the first round.
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 9 December 1979 | Trisiron, Limassol, Cyprus | Cyprus | 1–3 | 1–3 | Euro 1980 qualifying |
2. | 21 May 1980 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 0–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
3. | 14 October 1981 | Mestalla, Valencia, Spain | Luxembourg | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
4. | 20 June 1982 | Mestalla, Valencia, Spain | Yugoslavia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
- Valencia
External links
- Enrique Saura profile at BDFutbol
- National team data (Spanish)
- Enrique Saura at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Enrique Saura – FIFA competition record
- CiberChe biography and stats (Spanish)
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- Living people
- People from Plana Baixa
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
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- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- CD Castellón footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Spain amateur international footballers
- Spain B international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1980 players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Spain