Emilio Butragueño

Personal information
Full name	Emilio Butragueño Santos
Date of birth	(1963-07-22) 22 July 1963 (age 48)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1981–1982	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1984	Real Madrid B	65	(37)
1984–1995	Real Madrid	341	(123)
1995–1998	Club Celaya	91	(29)
Total		497	(188)
National team
1983–1984	Spain U21	5	(2)
1984	Spain amateur	1	(1)
1984–1992	Spain	69	(26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Emilio Butragueño Santos (born 22 July 1963 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid. Nicknamed El Buitre (The Vulture), he was a member of the legendary Quinta del Buitre, along with Manolo Sanchís, Rafael Martín Vázquez, Míchel and Miguel Pardeza.

Butragueño amassed La Liga totals of 341 games and 123 goals for his main club, in 12 seasons, and represented the Spanish national team in two World Cups (being the second top scorer in the 1986 edition) and as many European Championships, scoring 26 international goals for his country, a record that stood for several years.

Club career[link]

In 1981, skilled Butragueño joined Real Madrid's youth system, and played first for its reserve side, before being given his senior debut by Alfredo Di Stéfano on 5 February 1984 against Cádiz CF. He made an instant impact, scoring twice and assisting for the third goal in a 3–2 away turnaround, after Real trailed by 0–2. On 12 December that year, he made his European competition debut, contributing to a 6–1 home triumph against R.S.C. Anderlecht for the UEFA Cup third round (after a 0–3 loss in Brussels), as the Merengues went on to win the competition.

At the time, Real Madrid's form was so patchy that first team's attendances were poorer than the reserve side ones.^[1] Butragueño contributed to the side's transformation, and was a prominent member of the team during the 1980s, winning numerous honours: he received the European Bronze award for best footballer in two consecutive years, and won the Pichichi Trophy in 1991, while also being instrumental in the capital club's five national leagues, two domestic cups and two (consecutive) UEFA Cups.

In June 1995, having lost his influence in the Real Madrid side (only eight matches, with one goal, as the club won another league), mainly due to the emergence of 17-year old Raúl González, Butragueño signed for Club Celaya in Mexico and, in his first year, the team reached the final of the national championship. After three years, where he was known as the Gentleman of the Pitch (never received a single red card during his entire career), he finally decided to retire from the game in April 1998.

International career[link]

Butragueño played 69 international matches for Spain, and scored 26 goals. His debut came on 17 October 1984, against Wales in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier, although he had already been picked as an uncapped player for the UEFA Euro 1984 team, as the nation finished runners-up.

Butragueño was also selected for the 1986 World Cup, where he played a major part, scoring four goals as Spain beat Denmark 5–1 in the round of 16 match.^[2][3] He also played in the 1990 edition in Italy (four matches, no goals), and was the national side's fifth-highest all-time top scorer with 26 goals, behind David Villa, Raúl, Fernando Hierro and Fernando Morientes.

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 October 1984	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Wales	3–0	3–0	1986 World Cup qualification
2.	23 January 1985	Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Finland	2–0	3–1	Friendly
3.	23 January 1985	Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	Finland	3–0	3–1	Friendly
4.	19 February 1986	Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain	Belgium	1–0	3–0	Friendly
5.	26 March 1986	Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain	Poland	1–0	3–0	Friendly
6.	7 June 1986	Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara, México	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
7.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, México	Denmark	1–1	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
8.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, México	Denmark	1–2	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
9.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, México	Denmark	1–4	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
10.	18 June 1986	La Corregidora, Querétaro, México	Denmark	1–5	1–5	1986 FIFA World Cup
11.	15 October 1986	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	West Germany	0–1	2–2	Friendly
12.	18 February 1987	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain	England	1–0	2–4	Friendly
13.	23 September 1987	Nou Castalia, Castellón, Spain	Luxembourg	2–0	2–0	Friendly
14.	1 June 1988	El Helmántico, Salamanca, Spain	Sweden	1–0	1–3	Friendly
15.	11 June 1988	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany	Denmark	1–2	2–3	UEFA Euro 1988
16.	12 October 1988	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Argentina	1–0	1–1	Friendly
17.	16 November 1988	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	1990 World Cup qualification
18.	21 December 1988	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Northern Ireland	2–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualification
19.	15 November 1989	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Hungary	2–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualification
20.	28 March 1990	La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain	Austria	2–0	2–3	Friendly
21.	26 May 1990	Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–1	Friendly
22.	10 October 1990	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Iceland	1–0	2–1	Euro 1992 qualifying
23.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	3–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
24.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	5–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
25.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	7–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying
26.	19 December 1990	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Albania	8–0	9–0	Euro 1992 qualifying

Club statistics[link]

Honours[link]

Team[link]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95
• Copa del Rey: 1988–89, 1992–93
• Copa de la Liga: 1984–85
• Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
• UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
• Copa Iberoamericana: 1994

Individual[link]

• Pichichi Trophy: 1990–91
• Bravo Award: 1985, 1986
• Bronze Ball: 1986, 1987
• FIFA World Cup: Silver Boot 1986

Post-retirement and other ventures[link]

Still as a player, Butragueño had a computer game with his name released, in 1988 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and MSX.^[4]

On 19 October 2004, he replaced Jorge Valdano, a former teammate, as Real Madrid's director of football^[5] and, until the end of the 2005–06 season, also served as the club's vice-president.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Emilio Butragueño at National-Football-Teams.com
• Emilio Butragueño – FIFA competition record
• Real Madrid biography (Spanish)
• Biography at Real Madrid Fans (Spanish)
• International appearances, at RSSF
• FootballDatabase profile and stats

Spain squads v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up 1 Arconada 2 Urquiaga 3 Camacho 4 Maceda 5 Goikoetxea 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Muñoz 9 Santillana 10 Gallego 11 Carrasco 12 Salva 13 Buyo 14 J. Alberto 15 Roberto 16 Francisco 17 Marcos 18 Butragueño 19 Sarabia 20 Zubizarreta Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Maceda 5 Víctor 6 Gordillo 7 Señor 8 Goikoetxea 9 Butragueño 10 Carrasco 11 Julio Alberto 12 Setién 13 Urruti 14 Gallego 15 Chendo 16 Rincón 17 Francisco 18 Calderé 19 Salinas 20 Eloy 21 Míchel 22 Ablanedo Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1988 1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Andrinúa 5 Víctor 6 Calderé 7 Salinas 8 M. Sanchís 9 Butragueño 10 Eloy 11 Gordillo 12 Diego 13 Buyo 14 Gallego 15 Eusebio 16 Bakero 17 Begiristain 18 Soler 19 M. Vázquez 20 Míchel Coach: Muñoz v t e Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta 2 Chendo 3 Jiménez 4 Andrinúa 5 Sanchís 6 Vázquez 7 Pardeza 8 Quique 9 Butragueño (c) 10 Fernando 11 Villarroya 12 Alkorta 13 Ablanedo 14 Górriz 15 Roberto 16 Bakero 17 Hierro 18 Rafa Paz 19 Salinas 20 Manolo 21 Míchel 22 Ochotorena Coach: Suárez

Emilio Navaira III (born August 23, 1962) is an American musician of Mexican descent, who performs both Country and Tejano music. Known to most by the mononym Emilio, he has charted more than ten singles on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts, in addition to six singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Emilio is also one of the few Tejano artists to have significant success in both the United States and Mexico, and has been called the "Garth Brooks of Tejano." His biggest country hit was the #27 "It's Not the End of the World" in late 1995, and his highest-charting single on any chart is "Por Siempre Unidos," which peaked at #7 on Latin Pop Airplay in 1996. Along with Selena, Emilio is one of the most prominent artists to help popularize Tejano music.

Early life[link]

Emilio Navaira III was born on August 23, 1962 in San Antonio, Texas to Emilio Navaira Jr., and Mary Navaira.^[1] Growing up on the south side of San Antonio, Navaira found early influence in not only tejano legends such as Little Joe y la Familia, Ramón Ayala, and Pedro Infante, but also Lone Star country music heroes such as Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, and George Strait. As a student, Navaria graduated from McCollum High School in 1980, received a music scholarship to Texas State University-San Marcos, and majored in music with plans to become a teacher before ultimately deciding to pursue a career as an artist.^[2]

Musical career[link]

In 1985 at age 23, Emilio began his performing career by singing lead vocals for David Lee Garza y Los Musicales. In 1987, Cuantas Veces by David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales beat out Alpha by Mexican American singer Selena for Album of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. In 1989, Navaira formed his own band, Emilio y Groupo Rio.^[3] That same year Emilio signed with Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records). This relationship resulted in Emilio recording more than fifteen studio albums to date, including several with his Rio Band.