Antonio Maceda

Maceda is my kind of footballer. A center back who could actually score is a rare animal, the sort who terrifies opponents at both ends of the pitch. His arc from Sporting Gijon to Real Madrid is storybook stuff, yet what lingers for me is the injuries that cut his Madrid years short. There is something quietly tragic about a player whose peak gets stolen by his own body, and it makes the 36 caps, two World Cups and Euro 1984 feel hard-won rather than handed to him. I always find myself rooting harder for the ones the game did not let finish on their own terms.

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Name (English)

Antonio Maceda

Name (Japanese)

アントニオ・マセーダ

Reading

あんとにお・ませーだ

Born

May 16, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Sagunto, Province of Valencia, Spain

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Maceda
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155251

Tags

• Province of Valencia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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