Jacinto Quincoces

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Jacinto Quincoces
Personal information
Full name Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces López de Arbina
Date of birth (1905-07-17)17 July 1905
Place of birth Barakaldo, Spain
Date of death 10 May 1997(1997-05-10) (aged 91)
Place of death Valencia, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1931 Deportivo Alavés 18 (0)
1931–1936 Real Madrid 90 (0)
1939–1942 Real Madrid 42 (0)
International career
1928–1936 Spain 25 (0)
Managerial career
1941–1943 Real Zaragoza
1945 Spain
1945–1946 Real Madrid
1947–1948 Real Madrid
1948–1954 Valencia
1954–1955 Atlético Madrid
1956–1958 Real Zaragoza
1958–1959 Valencia
1960 Valencia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces y López de Arbina (17 July 1905 – 10 May 1997) was a Spanish football player and manager, as well as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation. He was a central defender and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of the inter-war era.

He played 25 matches for the Spain national football team from 1928 to 1936.[1] He was part of Spain's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics,[2] and was part of Spain's 1934 FIFA World Cup team. He was Spain's national coach in 1945, taking charge for two matches.[3]

His brother Juan had a short career with Alavés, during which the siblings were teammates.[4] His nephew Juan Carlos Díaz Quincoces was also a professional footballer and a Spanish international, usually referred to as 'Quincoces' in recognition of his famous relative (conventionally the paternal surname Díaz would have been used). They worked together at Valencia as coach and player in two spells.[5]

Playing career

Management career

President of the FPV

Since Quincoces was a Basque pelota pala player before becoming a football professional, when his career finished, he was chosen by the Francoist authorities as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation, believing that Basque and Valencian handball sports were the same. Quincoces declared to the press several times that he was unwilling to undertake this task, but while he was in charge (late 1960s and early 70s) he promoted new measures that resulted in profit for Valencian pilota, such as the beginning of the Youth Championships, compulsory for the trinquets that wanted to host professional tournaments, this was the way pilotaris such as Genovés I and Xatet de Carlet began.

References

  1. ^ "Fútbol en la Red". futbol.sportec.es. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Jacinto Quincoces". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Viñarás de Blas, Vidal (1 February 2017). "Hermanos de Primera" [Top-class brothers] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ^ On a Day Like this … Quincoces II made his debut for Spain, Valencia CF, 26 May 2020
  6. ^ "Quincoces, Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces López de Arbina - Manager".
Sporting positions
Preceded by Real Madrid CF captain
1936–1942
Succeeded by