Pedro de Felipe
De Felipe in 1966
Personal information
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)
Position(s) 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)
International career
1964 Spain amateur 1 (0)
1973 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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.[1]

On 28 September 1967, after playing three games with a damaged meniscus, de Felipe successfully underwent surgery, being out of action for several months.[2] 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.[3]

A tough tackler – sometimes to excess[2]– 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

Death

De Felipe died on 12 April 2016 in Madrid, due to cancer. He was 71 years old.[8]

Honours

Real Madrid

References

  1. ↑ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "De Felipe". Real Madrid CF. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Mor Pedro de Felipe, històric central del Reial Madrid i l'Espanyol" [Death of Pedro de Felipe, historic Real Madrid and Espanyol stopper] (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Confirmado: Bustillo, tres meses de inactividad" [Confirmed: Bustillo, three months out]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 September 1969. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Relaño, Alfredo (26 March 2014). "La polémica entrada de De Felipe a Bustillo" [De Felipe's controversial tackle on Bustillo]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ↑ Giménez, Paco (12 April 2016). "El adiós de De Felipe evoca a Bustillo entre el zaragocismo" [De Felipe's demise makes Zaragoza faithful evoke Bustillo]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "0–0: España se defendió sin ahogos ante Turquia" [0–0: Spain had no problem fending off Turkey]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 October 1973. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Martín, Agustín (12 April 2016). "Muere Pedro de Felipe, central del Real Madrid de los Ye-Yés" [Pedro de Felipe, stopper from Ye-Yé Real Madrid, dies]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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