Manuel Sanchís

Manuel Sanchís
Sanchís in 1966
Personal information
Full name Manuel Sanchís Martínez
Date of birth (1938-03-26)26 March 1938
Place of birth Alberic, Spain
Date of death 28 October 2017(2017-10-28) (aged 79)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1961 Condal 113 (7)
1961–1964 Valladolid 87 (3)
1965–1971 Real Madrid 143 (1)
1971–1972 Córdoba 14 (0)
Total 357 (11)
International career
1965–1967 Spain 11 (1)
Managerial career
1974–1976 Castilla
1977–1978 Tenerife
1980 Equatorial Guinea
1982–1983 Torrejón
1984–1986 Parla
1987 Daimiel
1988–1989 Don Benito
1991–1992 Alzira
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Sanchís Martínez (26 March 1938 – 28 October 2017) was a Spanish football defender and manager.

Like his son, Manolo Sanchís, he represented Real Madrid and Spain. They were one of only four father/son pairs to have won the European Cup/Champions League (the others being Cesare and Paolo Maldini, Carles and Sergio Busquets and Zinedine and Luca Zidane), and he played 213 La Liga matches over ten seasons.

An international for two years, Sanchís appeared with the national team at the 1966 World Cup.