Conchi Sánchez

Concepción Sánchez-Freire (Conchi Amancio) (born 28 September 1957) is a Spanish International, former football striker. She played for most of her career in Italy, winning seven national championships and 8 Italian Cups with Gamma 3 Padova, ACF Valdobbiadene, SS Lazio and GB Campania.[1] She also played one year for Arsenal LFC in the FA Women's Premier League, after which she ended her career at 39.

Concepcion Sanchez-Freire
Personal information
Full name Concepción Sánchez Freire
Date of birth (1957-09-28) 28 September 1957
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 Gamma 3 Padova
1976–1977 Valdobbiadene
1978–1979 Conegliano
1980–1981 Gorgonzola
1982 Cagliari
1982–1983 Trani
1983–1985 Lazio
1985–1986 Verona
1986–1988 Lazio
1988–1989 Campania G.B.
1989–1990 Prato
1993–1994 Lazio
1994–1995 Delfino
1995–1996 Arsenal
International career
1971–1981 Spain XI 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Freire.

Concepcion Sánchez also known as Conchi Amancio, was the first captain of the Spain national team in 1972.[2] Following the foundation of the official Spain women's team.[3] She was also the first professional Spanish footballer and one of the finest footballers of the world of all time. She was a footballer of pure class, powerfully smart and artistic, a striker of the ball with extraordinary milimetric assistances, she was able to change not only the tempo in any given match but also change the game altogether with magical displays of what the beauty of football is all about, a technician of the game, which laboratory was a football pitch, and the instrument with which she was delighted to play with, a delight to everyone lucky enough to see her playing, a true Super Star of the Women's game and Football Story in general.

She preferred to shorten her name to "Conchi" and was nicknamed "Amancio" after the male footballer Amancio Amaro.[4]

Honours
1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1988–89

Italy Serie A women's champion with the Roma 3 Z (Futsal) 1992/93

( top scorer with 50 goals )

References
  1. Entry in Biographical Dictionary of Italian Football
  2. The first captain of the Reds. Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today Marca
  3. "During 25 years I lived exclusively from football". Diario AS
  4. Krayer, Johannes (16 June 2011). "Profi-Fußballerin Conchi ´Amancio´: Pionierin im Abseits" (in German). Mallorca Zeitung. Retrieved 27 August 2012.


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