Paco Gento

**Francisco Gento López** (21 October 1933 – 18 January 2022) was a Spanish football player. He played for Spain national team.

## Death

Gento died in Madrid, Spain on 18 January 2022, aged 88.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Copa del Rey|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Racing Santander|1952–53|Primera División|10|2|4|1|—|—|14|3||||
|rowspan="19"|Real Madrid|1953–54|rowspan="18"|Primera División|17|0|4|0|—|—|21|0||
|1954–55|24|6|3|0|—|2|0|29|6|||||
|1955–56|29|7|6|3|7|1|—|42|11|||||
|1956–57|27|7|3|0|8|1|2|3|40|11||||
|1957–58|28|7|5|1|6|3|—|39|11|||||
|1958–59|21|7|4|2|8|1|—|33|10|||||
|1959–60|27|15|5|3|6|2|—|38|20|||||
|1960–61|28|9|8|3|2|1|1|1|39|14||||
|1961–62|25|6|9|4|9|2|—|43|12|||||
|1962–63|25|7|4|1|2|1|—|31|9|||||
|1963–64|24|12|2|0|9|3|—|35|15|||||
|1964–65|23|4|3|0|6|5|—|32|9|||||
|1965–66|28|10|3|2|9|3|—|40|15|||||
|1966–67|20|11|5|0|4|0|1|0|30|11||||
|1967–68|24|8|1|0|7|5|—|32|13|||||
|1968–69|26|8|2|1|2|0|—|30|9|||||
|1969–70|24|3|4|1|3|3|—|31|7|||||
|1970–71|7|0|2|0|6|0|—|15|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Spain|1955|1|0|
|1956|1|0|||
|1957|7|0|||
|1958|2|0|||
|1959|5|1|||
|1960|4|0|||
|1961|7|1|||
|1962|6|0|||
|1963|3|1|||
|1966|3|1|||
|1967|2|1|||
|1968|2|0|||
|1969|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gento goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|14 October 1959|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain||3–0|3–0|1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying||||||||
|2|2 April 1961|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, Spain||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|30 October 1963|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||1–0|1–0|1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying||||||||
|4|23 June 1966|Riazor, A Coruña, Spain||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|31 May 1967|San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying||||||||

## Honours

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga (12): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62, 1969–70
- European Cup (6): 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66
- Intercontinental Cup: 1960

- Semi-official
- Latin Cup: 1955, 1957

- Non-official
- Small Club World Cup: 1956

**Individual**
- World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961, 1962
- Golden Foot Legends Award: 2004
- World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
- IFFHS Legends

**Records**
- Most La Liga titles: 12
- Most European Cup titles: 6
- Most European Cup final appearances: 8 (tied with Paolo Maldini)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paco Gento
- **image**: Francisco Gento 1962.jpg
- **caption**: Gento in 1962
- **fullname**: Francisco Gento López
- **birth place**: Guarnizo, Second Spanish Republic, Spain
- **death place**: Madrid, Spain
- **height**: 1.68 m
- **position**: Outside left
- **youthclubs1**: SD Nueva Montaña
- **youthclubs2**: SD Unión Club, Unión Club Astillero
- **youthclubs3**: Racing de Santander B, Rayo Cantabria
- **years1**: 1952–1953
- **clubs1**: Racing de Santander, Racing Santander
- **caps1**: 10
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1953–1971
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid C.F., Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 427
- **goals2**: 127
- **totalcaps**: 437
- **totalgoals**: 129
- **nationalyears1**: 1956
- **nationalteam1**: Spain B national football team, Spain B
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1955–1969
- **nationalteam2**: Spain men's national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps2**: 43
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **managerclubs1**: Real Madrid Castilla
- **manageryears2**: 1974
- **managerclubs2**: CD Castellón, Castellón
- **manageryears3**: 1977–1980
- **managerclubs3**: Palencia CF (I), Palencia
- **manageryears4**: 1980–1981
- **managerclubs4**: Granada CF, Granada
- **manageryears5**: 1997–2000
- **managerclubs5**: Cantabria autonomous football team, Cantabria