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Full Name: | Antonio Benlloch García |
Birth Date: | 1 December 1945 |
Birth Place: | Orihuela, Valencia, Spain |
Height: | 1.68 m |
Position: | Centre-back |
Years1: | 1965–1968 |
Caps1: | 47 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1968–1977 |
Caps2: | 216 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Antonio Benlloch García (born 1 November 1945) is a Spanish retired footballer. Nicknamed Bellod and "Belló",[1] he played as a defender for Hércules in the mid-1960s and for La Coruña throughout the 1970s.
Benlloch was born on 1 November 1945 at Orihuela and would make his professional debut as a footballer during the 1965–66 Segunda División at the age of 20 in 1966 in a match held in Alicante. In that same season, he would be part of the squad that would win the tournament and be promoted for the 1966–67 La Liga.[2] [3] He would also frequently play alongside José Domínguez Rial as the club's central defenders and develop a friendship as the two would frequently attend mass together.[4] Throughout his overall career, Benlloch would emphasize as a centre-back and focus on clean play, only earning three yellow cards in his entire career.[5] He then played for La Coruña for the 1968–69 La Liga for the remainder of his career until his retirement following the 1976–77 Segunda División.