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Quini
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Enrique Castro González (; 23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini , was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Quini (1949–2018) was a Spanish male soccer player who played as a right-back for Atromitos. His professional career began in 1967, and he recorded two matches with zero total goals. He was also known by the pseudonyms El Brujo, Quinocho, and Quinigol.
The name Quini is associated with other figures, including author Romeo A. Quini, who wrote the work *Laser in ancient acupuncture*. Additionally, a music artist named quini has accumulated 787 plays from 36 listeners.
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Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Quini
- Football biography.image
- Quini 1983.jpg
- Football biography.upright
- 0.9
- Football biography.caption
- Quini in 1983
- Football biography.full_name
- Enrique Castro González
- Football biography.birth_place
- Oviedo, Spain
- Football biography.death_place
- Gijón, Spain
- Football biography.height
- 1.76 m
- Football biography.position
- Striker
- Football biography.youthclubs1
- Don Bosco
- Football biography.youthclubs2
- Ensidesa
- Football biography.years1
- 1967–1968
- Football biography.clubs1
- Ensidesa
- Football biography.caps1
- 22
- Football biography.goals1
- 17
- Football biography.years2
- 1968–1980
- Football biography.clubs2
- Sporting Gijón
- Football biography.caps2
- 380
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Castro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Oviedo
- Place of death
- Gijón
- Sibling
- Jesús Castro González
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1980
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Quini 1983.jpg
- Height
- 176
- Significant event
- kidnapping
Show 12 more facts
- total goals in career
- 0
- date of birth
- 1949-09-23
- date of death
- 2018-02-27
- name in native language
- Enrique Castro González
- Commons category
- Quini
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- second family name in Spanish name
- González
- pseudonym
- El Brujo, Quinocho, Quinigol
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- coach of sports team
- FC Barcelona
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Club career
- Kidnapping
- International career
- Personal life
- Death
- Career statistics
- Club
- International
- Honours
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Enrique Castro González (; 23 September 1949 – 27 February 2018), known as Quini , was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.
In a career totally connected with Sporting de Gijón and FC Barcelona, he was widely regarded as one of the country's best strikers, having won a total of seven Pichichi Trophy awards, five of those in La Liga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.