SOCCER PLAYER

Manuel Sanchís Martínez

1938 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2024). Manuel Sanchís Martínez is the 894th most popular soccer player (down from 806th in 2024), the 766th most popular biography from Spain (up from 778th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Manuel Sanchís Martínez ranks 894 out of 21,273. Before him are Toshio Takabayashi, Vincenzo Montella, Santos Urdinarán, Juan José Nogués, Raí, and Romelu Lukaku. After him are Miklós Fehér, Eduard Streltsov, Alf Ramsey, Lionel Scaloni, Søren Lerby, and James Rodríguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Manuel Sanchís Martínez ranks 177. Before him are David Bailey, Ronny Cox, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Adolf Scherer, Diane Baker, and Bernadette Lafont. After him are Larisa Shepitko, Jean Eustache, Heino, Larry Scott, Ahmed Jibril, and Wu Yi. Among people deceased in 2017, Manuel Sanchís Martínez ranks 145. Before him are Igor Shafarevich, Baldwin Lonsdale, Albert Zafy, Robert Miles, Todor Veselinović, and Mark Fisher. After him are Viktor Gorbatko, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Igor Volk, Ulf Stark, Jiro Taniguchi, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Manuel Sanchís Martínez ranks 766 out of 3,355. Before him are Fray Tomás de Berlanga (1487), Rafael Casanova (1660), Francesc Eiximenis (1330), Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), Inés Suárez (1507), and Rossy de Palma (1964). After him are Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás (1900), Néstor Almendros (1930), José Miaja (1878), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Fernando de Rojas (1470), and Manuel Valls (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Manuel Sanchís Martínez ranks 66. Before him are Pedro (1987), Salvador Sadurní (1941), Miguel Reina (1946), Víctor Muñoz (1957), Luis García (1978), and Adelardo Rodríguez (1939). After him are Lamine Yamal (2007), José Luis Mendilibar (1961), Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Javier Irureta (1948), Juan Alonso (1927), and Achraf Hakimi (1998).

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