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.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Concepción Sánchez Freire | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1975 | Gamma 3 Padova | ||
1976–1977 | Valdobbiadene | ||
1978–1979 | Conegliano | ||
1980–1981 | Gorgonzola | ||
1982 | Cagliari | ||
1982–1983 | Trani | ||
1983–1985 | Lazio | ||
1985–1986 | Verona | ||
1986–1988 | Lazio | ||
1988–1989 | Campania G.B. | ||
1989–1990 | Prato | ||
1993–1994 | Lazio | ||
1994–1995 | Delfino | ||
1995–1996 | Arsenal | ||
International career | |||
1971–1981 | Spain XI | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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
edit- Serie A: 7
- 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
- 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 )
References
edit- ^ Entry in Biographical Dictionary of Italian Football
- ^ The first captain of the Reds. Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today Marca
- ^ "During 25 years I lived exclusively from football". Diario AS
- ^ Krayer, Johannes (16 June 2011). "Profi-Fußballerin Conchi ´Amancio´: Pionierin im Abseits" (in German). Mallorca Zeitung. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ Roldán, Isabel (10 February 2010). ""Me fui a Italia con una ficha de 75.000 pesetas"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "City Women". Bristol City FC. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ UEFA.com (14 November 2014). "Watts on how Bristol eliminated Barcelona | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.