Paquito García

Not to be confused with Paquito Escudero.

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

Paquito

Personal information
Full name	Francisco García Gómez
Date of birth	(1938-02-14)14 February 1938
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Date of death	21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 86)
Place of death	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Ovetense
	Cibeles
	Oviedo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1963	Oviedo	115	(5)
1957–1958	→ Juvencia (loan)
1958–1959	→ La Felguera (loan)
1963–1972	Valencia	212	(26)
1972–1973	Mestalla	31	(1)
International career
1961	Spain B	1	(0)
1962–1967	Spain	9	(0)
Managerial career
	Benimar
1973–1974	Gandía
1974–1975	Alzira
1975–1976	Atlético Madrileño
1977–1978	Valladolid
1978–1980	Castellón
1980–1982	Valladolid
1982	Hércules
1983–1984	Valencia
1985–1986	Cádiz
1987–1988	Figueres
1989–1990	Las Palmas
1992–1993	Racing Santander
1994–1995	Rayo Vallecano
1995–1996	Osasuna
1996–1997	Rayo Vallecano
1999	Villarreal
1999–2000	Villarreal
2001–2002	Onda
2002	Villarreal
2004	Villarreal
Medal record Representing  Spain UEFA European Championship Winner 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco García Gómez (14 February 1938 – 21 August 2024), commonly known as Paquito, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.

Playing career

Paquito was born in Oviedo, Asturias. Over the course of 14 seasons, he played 327 La Liga games as a midfielder in representation of Real Oviedo and Valencia CF, scoring 31 goals. In the 1970–71 campaign, he appeared in 27 matches (all starts) and netted three times as the latter team won their fourth national championship, the first in 24 years.^[1]

Paquito earned nine caps for Spain during nearly five years, his debut coming on 1 November 1962 in a 6–0 home win against Romania for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers. He was part of Spain's squad that won the 1964 European Nations' Cup.^[1]

Coaching career

Paquito coached for more than 30 years,^[2] his first job with the professionals being in the 1977–78 season with Real Valladolid (Segunda División, seventh position). He achieved three promotions to the top flight, with Racing de Santander (1993), Rayo Vallecano (1995) and Villarreal CF (2000).^[3]

With the latter club, Paquito also worked in directorial capacities, as an assistant manager, youth academy director and head coach of farm team CD Onda.^[4][5]

Death

García died in Valencia on 21 August 2024, at the age of 86.^[6]

Honours

Valencia

• La Liga: 1970–71^[1]
• Copa del Generalísimo: 1966–67^[1]
• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1962–63^[1]

Spain

• UEFA European Championship: 1964

References

1. Paquito, el centrocampista asturiano que dijo no a Italia (Paquito, the Asturian midfielder who said no to Italy); Marca, 10 February 2017 (in Spanish)
2. El abuelo de la Liga (The League's grandfather); El Periódico Mediterráneo, 19 March 2004 (in Spanish)
3. Iglesias, Hector (4 March 2009). "El año que Jiménez ayudó a Caparrós" [The year Jiménez helped Caparrós]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. Paquito pone fin a 15 años de trabajo en el Villarreal (Paquito puts an end to 15 years of work at Villarreal); Super Deporte, 2 July 2012 (in Spanish)
5. García Gómez, «Paquito», Francisco Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine; at Vivir Asturias (in Spanish)
6. EFE (21 August 2024). "Fallece con 86 años Paquito García, leyenda del Villarreal". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2024.

External links

• Paquito at BDFutbol
• Paquito manager profile at BDFutbol
• CiberChe stats and bio (in Spanish)
• Paquito at National-Football-Teams.com
• Paquito García at EU-Football.info