Vicente Calderón | |
Birth Name: | Vicente Calderón Pérez-Cavada |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1913 |
Birth Place: | Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Resting Place: | Gandia, Valencian Community, Spain |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Known For: | Former president of Atlético Madrid |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Vicente Calderón Pérez-Cavada (pronounced as /es/; 27 May 1913 – 24 March 1987) was a Spanish businessman and president of Atlético Madrid for 20 years.
As President of Atlético Madrid he helped in getting their new stadium built, and in 1971 it was renamed Estadio Vicente Calderón in his honour.[1]