Juan Carlos Touriño facts for kids
Touriño in 1973
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Touriño Cancela | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 7 March 2017 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Villa Modelo | |||
| Dock Sud | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | |||
| Quilmes | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1970 | Quilmes | 112 | (1) |
| 1970–1976 | Real Madrid | 106 | (0) |
| 1977 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 1977 | Quilmes | ||
| 1978 | Gimnasia | 42 | (1) |
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Chacarita Juniors | |||
| International career | |||
| 1972 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–1984 | Palencia | ||
| 1984–1985 | Recreativo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Carlos Touriño Cancela (born July 14, 1944 – died March 7, 2017) was a talented football player from Argentina. He was a defender, which means he helped protect his team's goal. He played for famous clubs like Real Madrid in Spain, where he won several big championships. He even played one game for the Spanish national team!
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Early Life & Youth Football
Juan Carlos Touriño was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His parents were from Spain and had moved to Argentina during the Spanish Civil War. When he was young, he cheered for a local team called Huracán.
Juan Carlos didn't start playing football until he was 15 years old. His parents didn't want him to play at first. In 1959, he began playing for a team called Villa Modelo. Later, he joined the youth teams of other clubs like Dock Sud, River Plate, Arsenal de Sarandí, and Quilmes.
Playing for Clubs
Touriño became a professional football player at age 22. His first professional team was Quilmes in Argentina, where he played over 100 games. In 1968, he even went on a tour in Africa with another team, Racing Club.
In 1970, Juan Carlos moved to Spain to play for Real Madrid, one of the biggest football clubs in the world. He played more than 100 league games for Real Madrid between 1970 and 1976. During this time, he helped his team win three La Liga championships (the top Spanish league) and two Spanish Cups (a major cup competition).
Early in his time at Real Madrid, his team reached the final of the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup, but they lost to Chelsea. In the 1971–72 season, he won his first league title with the club. In 1973, he broke his leg, which was a very serious injury. He felt sad and thought about quitting football, but the Real Madrid staff encouraged him to keep playing.
After he recovered, he returned to the team. He helped Real Madrid win both the league and the cup in the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons. After 1976, he returned to South America. He played for Independiente Medellín in Colombia in 1977. Later that year, he went back to Argentina to play for Quilmes again. In 1978, he joined Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. He finished his playing career in the lower leagues with teams like San Lorenzo and Chacarita Juniors.
Playing for His Country
Juan Carlos Touriño played one game for the Spanish national team. This happened on January 12, 1972, when Spain won 1–0 against Hungary.
How He Played
When he was younger, Touriño wanted to play as a midfielder, which is a player who plays in the middle of the field. He even spent a lot of his youth playing on the right side of the field. But he eventually became a strong defender. He was known for being good at marking other players, meaning he would stick close to an opponent to stop them from playing well.
Becoming a Manager
After his playing career, Touriño became a football manager. He managed Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata in Argentina. He then returned to Spain to manage teams in the second division, like Recreativo de Huelva and Palencia CF.
Life After Football
Juan Carlos Touriño was very involved in helping other footballers. He worked for the Argentine Players Union (Futbolistas Argentinos Agremiados). He held important jobs there, like secretary general and treasurer.
He also helped with the Civil Association of former Quilmes Atlético Club footballers. He even gave talks about football management at the University of Buenos Aires. In 2008, he visited Real Madrid again to honor another famous Argentine footballer, Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Touriño loved to read and write poetry. He dreamed that one day someone would put one of his poems to music. He also wanted to make sure that all footballers were ready for life after their playing careers ended.
Juan Carlos Touriño had five children. He passed away in a hospital in Buenos Aires on March 7, 2017, at the age of 72.
See also
In Spanish: Juan Carlos Touriño para niños
- List of Spain international footballers born outside Spain
