Santillana (footballer)

Carlos Alonso González (born 23 August 1952), known as Santillana, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is González.

Santillana
Santillana in 2009
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alonso González
Date of birth (1952-08-23) 23 August 1952
Place of birth Santillana del Mar, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Satélite
1966–1970 Barreda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Racing Santander 35 (16)
1971–1988 Real Madrid 461 (186)
Total 496 (202)
International career
1970 Spain U18 1 (0)
1971 Spain U23 1 (0)
1971–1976 Spain amateur 6 (3)
1981 Spain B 1 (1)
1975–1985 Spain 56 (15)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was best known for his Real Madrid spell, which consisted of 17 La Liga seasons and 645 competitive matches. He signed with the club in 1971, from Racing de Santander.

The recipient of more than 50 caps for Spain, Santillana represented the nation in two World Cups and as many European Championships.

Club career

Born in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Santillana (nickname taken from birthplace) started playing professionally with local Racing de Santander, moving to Real Madrid and La Liga in 1971 alongside teammate Francisco Aguilar, aged just 19,[1] and proceeding to score ten goals in 34 games in his debut season as the team were crowned league champions.[2]

Santillana went on to win nine league titles, four Copa del Reys and back-to-back UEFA Cups, while scoring in both of the latter competition's finals. He played 645 first-team matches – a record which stood until Manolo Sanchís surpassed him during the 1997–98 campaign – in which he netted 290 goals;[3][4] the eighth-highest all-time scorer in the first division, with 186 goals in 461 appearances, he never won the Pichichi Trophy.[5]

After just 12 league appearances in 1987–88, in which he scored four times, Santillana retired from football at almost 36, finding the net in a 2–1 home win against Real Valladolid. Madrid conquered three titles in a row in his final three seasons.[6]

International career

Santillana played 56 times and scored 15 goals for the Spain national team, his debut being on 17 April 1975 in a 1–1 draw with Romania for the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifiers held in Madrid. He represented his country in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups, as well as three European Championships: 1976, reaching the quarter-finals, 1980, failing to advance to the second round, and 1984 which ended with a runner-up finish to hosts France, with the player coming close to scoring the opener on a header saved just off the line by Luis Fernández, of Spanish origin.[7][8]

On 21 December 1983, during a European Championship qualifying match against Malta that had to be won by 11 goals in order to qualify, Santillana scored a hat-trick in the first half and added a fourth in the second period, as the national side qualified at the expense of the Netherlands – incidentally, his former understudy at Real Madrid, Hipólito Rincón (now at Real Betis), also netted four times in a 12–1 victory.[9]

Style of play

Santillana possessed stellar heading skills despite not reaching 1.80 m, courtesy of his jumping ability, and was widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the history of Spanish football.[10][11][12]

Career statistics

Club

[13][14]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing Santander 1970–71 351610—00—3616
Total 351610—00—3616
Real Madrid 1971–72 341063—4[lower-alpha 1]2—4415
1972–73 291000—6[lower-alpha 2]5—3515
1973–74 18367—00—249
1974–75 321773—4[lower-alpha 3]3—4323
1975–76 301221—7[lower-alpha 2]5—3918
1976–77 301220—4[lower-alpha 2]1—3613
1977–78 342464———4028
1978–79 3318116—4[lower-alpha 2]2—4826
1979–80 332363—8[lower-alpha 2]3—4729
1980–81 311341—8[lower-alpha 2]3—4317
1981–82 20930—5[lower-alpha 1]2—2811
1982–83 2796855[lower-alpha 4]9[lower-alpha 3]81[lower-alpha 5]04829
1983–84 311383002[lower-alpha 1]1—4117
1984–85 22420538[lower-alpha 1]5—3712
1985–86 27465209[lower-alpha 1]5—4414
1986–87 18121—5[lower-alpha 2]2—254
1987–88 12474—4[lower-alpha 2]0—238
Total 4611868449128874710645290
Career total 4962028549128874710681306
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. Appearances in European Cup
  3. Appearances in Cup Winners' Cup
  4. Includes the first goal in the semi-finals of the Copa de la Liga against Real Zaragoza on 22 June 1983; some sites such as Be Soccer attribute it to Santillana, while others such as BDFutbol attribute it as an own goal by Eugenio Vitaller.[15]
  5. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition[8]
1.16 November 197523 August, Bucharest, Romania Romania0–22–2Euro 1976 qualifying
2.24 April 1976Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain West Germany1–01–1Euro 1976 qualifying
3.4 October 1978Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia0–21–2Euro 1980 qualifying
4.13 December 1978El Helmántico, Salamanca, Spain Cyprus3–05–0Euro 1980 qualifying
5.5–0
6.9 December 1979Tsirion, Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus0–21–3Euro 1980 qualifying
7.27 April 1983La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain Republic of Ireland1–02–0Euro 1984 qualifying
8.16 November 1983De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands Netherlands1–12–1Euro 1984 qualifying
9.21 December 1983Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain Malta1–012–1Euro 1984 qualifying
10.2–1
11.3–1
12.9–1
13.11 April 1984Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain Denmark1–12–1Friendly
14.26 May 1984Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland  Switzerland0–10–4Friendly
15.17 June 1984Vélodrome, Marseille, France Portugal1–11–1UEFA Euro 1984

Honours

Real Madrid[6][10]

Spain

Individual

See also

References
  1. "Fallece Ico Aguilar, jugador cántabro del Real Madrid en la década de los setenta" [Death of Ico Aguilar, Cantabrian player of Real Madrid in the 70s]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. Carmona, Adrián (28 April 2012). "Santillana, el goleador que marcaba desde el cielo" [Santillana, the striker who scored from the sky] (in Spanish). Defensa Central. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. "Santillana: "El salto de Cristiano de parado es de un atleta prodigioso"" [Santillana: "Cristiano's cold jump is that of a prodigious athlete"]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. Siguero, Santiago (19 October 2021). "Benzema, a un gol del mito Santillana" [Benzema, trailing legendary Santillana by one goal]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. Ruiz, Marco (17 May 2007). "Raúl iguala a Santillana con 186 goles en Liga" [Raúl equals Santillana with 186 goals in League]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. Casado, Edu (18 February 2013). "Qué fue de… Carlos Alonso 'Santillana'" [What happened to… Carlos Alonso 'Santillana']. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  7. Mentruit, Imma (13 April 2016). "1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada" [1984: 'Bleus' crowned after Arconada's mistake]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  8. Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Carlos Alonso González, 'Santillana' – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  9. "España, con 12 goles a Malta, alcanzó la fase final de la Eurocopa" [Spain, with 12 goals to Malta, reached European Championship finals.]. El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1983. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  10. "A goalscorer with a potent leap". Real Madrid CF. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  11. Ruiz, Marco (20 May 2016). "Santillana, la mejor cabeza del mundo" [Santillana, best head the world]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  12. Zara, Furio (15 May 2018). "Pavoletti e i grandi specialisti di testa dell'Italia e del mondo" [Pavoletti and the great heading specialists in Italy and the world] (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  13. Santillana at BDFutbol
  14. "Santillana » Club matches". Worldfootball. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  15. "Real Madrid 5 (5–3) 3 Real Zaragoza" (in French). Be Soccer. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  16. Cosín, Alberto (23 August 2018). "Carlos Santillana: Una cabeza de oro" [Carlos Santillana: A golden head] (in Spanish). La Galerna. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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