Conchi Sánchez Explained

Concepcion Sanchez-Freire
Fullname:Concepción Sánchez Freire
Birth Date:1957 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Position:Striker
Years1:1973–1975
Years2:1976–1977
Years3:1978–1979
Years4:1980–1981
Years5:1982
Years6:1982–1983
Years7:1983–1985
Years8:1985–1986
Years9:1986–1988
Years10:1988–1989
Years11:1989–1990
Years12:1993–1994
Years13:1994–1995
Years14:1995–1996
Clubs1:Gamma 3 Padova
Clubs2:Valdobbiadene
Clubs3:Conegliano
Clubs4:Gorgonzola
Clubs5:Cagliari
Clubs6:Trani
Clubs7:Lazio
Clubs8:Verona
Clubs9:Lazio
Clubs10:Campania G.B.
Clubs11:Prato
Clubs12:Lazio
Clubs13:Delfino
Clubs14:Arsenal
Nationalyears1:1971–1981
Nationalteam1:Spain XI
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:2

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 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 at the age of 15 only, making her the youngest ever not only in football but also in the Sport history to play abroad at such young age, 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]

She was a coach at Filton College, a women's football academy in Bristol[5] that merged with English team Bristol City W.F.C. ahead of them entering the Women's Super League[6] – Bristol knocked Barcelona out of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.[7]

Honours

1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

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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)

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=J5OpwwKggrsC&dq=%22patrizia+sberti%22+firenze+agliana&pg=PA688 Entry
  2. http://es.scribd.com/doc/59618211/diario-Marca-0708 The first captain of the Reds.
  3. http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/durante-25-anos-vivi-exclusiva/20110525dasdaiftb_42/Tes "During 25 years I lived exclusively from football".
  4. Web site: Profi-Fußballerin Conchi ´Amancio´: Pionierin im Abseits. Mallorca Zeitung. 27 August 2012. 16 June 2011. Johannes. Krayer. German.
  5. Web site: Roldán . Isabel . 2010-02-10 . "Me fui a Italia con una ficha de 75.000 pesetas" . 2024-01-25 . Diario AS . es.
  6. Web site: City Women . 2024-01-25 . Bristol City FC . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: UEFA.com . 2014-11-14 . Watts on how Bristol eliminated Barcelona UEFA Women's Champions League . 2024-01-25 . UEFA.com . en.