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Pedro de Felipe
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De Felipe in 1966
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Full name Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés
Date of birth (1944-07-18)18 July 1944
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Date of death 12 April 2016(2016-04-12) (aged 71)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1972 Real Madrid 126 (0)
1962–1964 Rayo Vallecano (loan)
1972–1978 Espanyol 121 (0)
Total 247 (0)
National team
1964 Spain amateur 1 (0)
1973 Spain 1 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés (18 July 1944 – 12 April 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Madrid, de Felipe returned to Real Madrid in 1964 at the age of 20 following a loan to Community of Madrid neighbours Rayo Vallecano. He appeared in only four La Liga games in his first season but totalled 45 the following two, winning the 1965–66 European Cup in the process while contributing seven complete matches.

On 28 September 1967, after playing three games with a damaged meniscus, de Felipe successfully underwent surgery, being out of action for several months. He still managed to be regularly used during two of his last four years at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, leaving the club in 1972 and spending a further six top-flight campaigns with RCD Español, retiring at 34.

A tough tackler – sometimes to excess– de Felipe severely injured FC Barcelona's Miguel Ángel Bustillo on 14 September 1969, in a 3–3 home draw. The scorer of two early goals, Bustillo was able to take part in just three league matches for the Camp Nou-based side in as many seasons.

International career

De Felipe earned one cap for Spain, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 friendly draw with Turkey on 17 October 1973, in Istanbul.

Death

De Felipe died on 12 April 2016 in Madrid, due to cancer. He was 71 years old.

Honours

Real Madrid

See also

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