Vintage Betis players

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Juan Pablo Caffa season : 2006-2007

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Gordillo

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Today is the 45th birthday of our beloved old player Juanito . Enjoy your day with tour family and friends !

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JOSE RAMON ESNAOLA ( goalkeeper ) 1973 - 1985

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Nery Alberto Pumpido Barrinat, born in Monje (Argentina) on July 30, 1957. Argentine exporter, who played 3 seasons for Real Betis Balompié (1988-1991), in which he played 69 games, 34 of them in 1st Division.

In 1986 with River Plate he managed to win the league title in Argentina, the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.

With the Argentina National Team he was present in 3 World Cups (1982, 1986 and 1990), in Spain '82 he was the third goalkeeper and never played, in Mexico '86 he was the starting goalkeeper and won the World Cup Italia'90 was seriously injured in the first match of the tournament against Cameroon.

After his retirement, he began a long career as a coach where he achieved the Copa Libertadores with Olimpia de Paraguay in 2002.

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Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez season 1979-1980

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Finidi George

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Antonio Joaquín Parra Fernández, born in Seville, on June 17, 1961, who played eleven years as a midfielder in the first division of Spain, in Real Betis, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid, with whom he won a league and two super cups .

He made his debut with the Real Betis first team in an official match of the Copa del Rey on October 31, 1979, against Jerez Industrial, by replacing Julio Cardeñosa in the 67th minute. And he made his debut in the first division, at the age of 19, against Athletic Club on September 7, 1980. He remained in the Verdiblanco team for seven seasons where he played 221 league games. In 1987 he signed for Atlético de Madrid, where he played two seasons. In 1989, after obtaining the letter of freedom, he went to Real Madrid where he also stayed for two seasons in which he won a league title (1989/90) and two Spanish Super Cups (1989 and 1990).

After leaving Real Madrid, he played a season for Honved in Budapest and then returned to Spain to play for Écija, where he hung up his boots at the end of the 1992-93 campaign.

In total he played 323 official matches and scored 33 goals, of which 283 matches and 30 goals were in the 1st Division.

He was international with Spain in the Under-21 (11) and Olympic (1) categories.

After retiring from active football, he became a coach, becoming a coach for Coria and Real Betis Balompié B and C. Later, during 2005 and 2006, he became the coach of the Andalusian football team.

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Congratulations to former Betis defender Aïssa Mandi on becoming the first ever Algerian to play in the UEFA Super Cup

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An anecdote about Mallorca - Betis is the game that was played at the Miniestadi in Barcelona in 1984, because Lluís Sitjar was suspended. In that match, which we won 1-0, Alex scored Betis' 1,000th goal in the First Division.

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Two decades later, in 2002, there was a Betis - Mallorca that was played at the Vicente Calderón because we had the stadium closed, with the chance that the same result was given, 0-1, this time in favor of the Majorcans.

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Hipólito Rincón Povedano, born in Madrid on April 28, 1957, former striker who played in the First Division for Real Madrid and Real Betis, in the Verdiblanco team established himself as one of the best forwards of the moment, which led him to the internationality and to be Pichichi in the season 1982-1983. He played for Betis from 1981 to 1989. He also played for Castilla, Diter Zafra, Recreativo de Huelva and Real Valladolid.

In total he played 299 official matches and scored 101 goals, of which 239 matches and 81 goals were in the First Division.

He was champion of the League and the Copa del Rey with Real Madrid in the 1979/80 season.

With the Spanish National Team he played 22 games and scored a total of 10 goals. Miguel Muñoz made his debut on April 27, 1983 in the qualifying match for the Eurocup'84 played against Eire at the La Romareda Stadium in Zaragoza, entering the game in the 76th minute replacing Carrasco and achieving the final 2-0 in the 89th minute. Among his best matches with the national team, the memorable Spain - Malta (12-1) stands out, at the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville, in which he scored 4 of the twelve Spanish goals. He kept that souvenir ball. He was also international 8 times with the Spanish Olympic Team.

After his retirement he was at the Xerez CD in 2004 as technical secretary and has devoted himself quite assiduously to collaborating in different radio sports programs.

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Alfonso Salado Rodríguez, born in La Rambla (Córdoba), on August 16, 1964, exporter who belonged to Real Betis Balompié for 2 seasons (1988-90), although he did not make his debut with the Verdiblanco team. He also belonged to Betis Juvenil, Betis Deportivo, CD San Roque Lepe, CMD San Juan de Aznalfarache, Dos Hermanas CF and UD Los Palacios. He was champion of the Copa del Rey de Juveniles with Betis Juvenil in the 1982-83 season. His most fruitful season was 1987/88, when he played 35 games for Betis Deportivo, out of the 65 official games he played throughout his football career.

After his retirement, he has trained Betis Benjamín (2004-05), Betis Alevín B (2009-10), Betis Alevín A (2010-11 and 2011-12) and Andalusian Selection Sub-16 (2012-13).

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Paco" Francisco Machín Fernández de la Puente season 1983-1984