Jacinto Quincoces
FullnameJacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces López de Arbina
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Birth date17 July 1905
Birth placeBarakaldo, Spain
Death date10 May 1997 (aged 91)
Death placeValencia, Spain
PositionDefender
Years 11920–1931
Years 21931–1936
Years 31939–1942
Clubs 1Deportivo Alavés
Clubs 2Real Madrid
Clubs 3Real Madrid
Caps 118
Goals 10
Caps 290
Goals 20
Caps 342
Goals 30
Nationalyears 11928–1936
Nationalteam 1Spain
Nationalcaps 125
Nationalgoals 10
Manageryears 11941–1943
Managerclubs 1Real Zaragoza
Manageryears 21945
Managerclubs 2Spain
Manageryears 31945–1946
Managerclubs 3Real Madrid
Manageryears 41947–1948
Managerclubs 4Real Madrid
Manageryears 51948–1954
Managerclubs 5Valencia
Manageryears 61954–1955
Managerclubs 6Atlético Madrid
Manageryears 71956–1958
Managerclubs 7Real Zaragoza
Manageryears 81958–1959
Managerclubs 8Valencia
Manageryears 91960
Managerclubs 9Valencia

Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces y López de Arbina (17 July 1905 – 10 May 1997) was a Spanish football player and manager, as well as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation. He was a central defender and is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of the inter-war era.

He played 25 matches for the Spain national football team from 1928 to 1936.[1] He was part of Spain's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics,[2] and was part of Spain's 1934 FIFA World Cup team. He was Spain's national coach in 1945, taking charge for two matches.[3]

His brother Juan had a short career with Alavés, during which the siblings were teammates.[4] His nephew Juan Carlos Díaz Quincoces was also a professional footballer and a Spanish international, usually referred to as 'Quincoces' in recognition of his famous relative (conventionally the paternal surname Díaz would have been used). They worked together at Valencia as coach and player in two spells.[5]

Playing career

Management career

President of the FPV

Since Quincoces was a Basque pelota pala player before becoming a football professional, when his career finished, he was chosen by the Francoist authorities as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation, believing that Basque and Valencian handball sports were the same. Quincoces declared to the press several times that he was unwilling to undertake this task, but while he was in charge (late 1960s and early 70s) he promoted new measures that resulted in profit for Valencian pilota, such as the beginning of the Youth Championships, compulsory for the trinquets that wanted to host professional tournaments, this was the way pilotaris such as Genovés I and Xatet de Carlet began.

References

  1. ^ "Fútbol en la Red". futbol.sportec.es. Archived 22 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Jacinto Quincoces". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  4. ^ Viñarás de Blas, Vidal (1 February 2017). "Hermanos de Primera" [Top-class brothers] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ^ On a Day Like this … Quincoces II made his debut for Spain, Valencia CF, 26 May 2020
  6. ^ "Quincoces, Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces López de Arbina - Manager"