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Juan Gómez González (10 November 1954 – 2 April 1992), known as Juanito, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. A player with tremendous dribbling ability whose career was overshadowed by a fierce character, he was best known for his Real Madrid years. He died in a road accident at only 37. Growing up he supported Real Zaragoza, but as he approached his adulthood he began supporting Real Madrid. Upon his presentation in 1977, he said: "Playing for Real Madrid is like touching the sky, Real Madrid has always been my first choice as a team and Madrid has always been my favorite as a city".〔(Biography at Real Madrid Fans ) 〕 Over the course of 13 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 350 games and 99 goals. Juanito gained more than 30 caps for Spain, representing the nation in two World Cups and one European Championship. ==Club career== Born in Fuengirola, Málaga, Juanito played as a youth with his local club before joining Atlético Madrid in 1972. While still underage, he allegedly forged his papers so he could play for the ''Colchoneros under-18 team. He scored twice on his debut, but a fractured tibia ended his career at Atlético and he never played for the senior side.〔 Juanito would revive his career at Burgos CF, helping them win the second division in 1975–76. He made his La Liga debut in a 2–1 win over RCD Español in the following season, and was eventually awarded Spanish Footballer of the Year by ''Don Balón''.〔(Spain – Player of the Year ); at RSSSF〕 Juanito soon attracted the attention of Real Madrid, which signed the player in June 1977. He became a prominent member of the successful Real side during the late 1970s and 1980s, in a squad which also featured Santillana, Uli Stielike, Vicente del Bosque and José Antonio Camacho. Having scored ten goals in his debut season he was instrumental in helping the capital team to five league titles, two Spanish Cups and two UEFA Cups – among his personal highlights were netting twice in the 1980 domestic cup final, incidentally played against Castilla CF, the club's reserves (6–1). On 11 May 1983 he scored through a penalty in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, a 1–2 loss against Aberdeen, and, in the subsequent league campaign, he won the Pichichi Trophy after finishing as joint top goalscorer with 17 goals; during ten seasons with the ''Merengues'' he played 284 first division games and scored 85 goals, adding 55 appearances in various European competitions (17 goals).〔(Juan Gómez González, ‘Juanito¹ – Matches in European Cups ); at RSSSF〕 After leaving Real Madrid, Juanito played for CD Málaga for two seasons, helping the side promote from the second level in his first year, as champions – as legendary László Kubala was the manager – and scoring one of his five goals of the following campaign against former teammate Francisco Buyo,〔(El Málaga logró el punto más difícil (Málaga got its most difficult point) ); El Mundo Deportivo, 5 June 1989 〕 before retiring in 1989 after a few games as an amateur with first club Fuengirola, also in his native Andalusia. He subsequently began a working as a coach with CP Mérida, leading the Extremadura team to a seventh place in division two in 1991–92; however, on 2 April 1992, after watching Real play Torino F.C. in a UEFA Cup match, he was killed in a road accident in Calzada de Oropesa, Toledo, while returning to Mérida.〔(La muerte de Juanito conmociona al fútbol español (Juanito's death sends shock waves through Spanish football) ); El País, 3 April 1992 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juanito (footballer, born 1954)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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