Urgent| 124 years since birth "Zamora"He became a professional footballer and the war forced him to leave
Today, Tuesday, is the 124th anniversary of the birth of Ricardo Zamora Martinez, the goalkeeper of the Spanish national football team, who was born on January 21, 1901, and passed away on September 15, 1978, at the age of 77. In his honor, the Spanish Federation decided to name The best goalkeeper award is named after him.
He began his sports career with Espanyol in the year 1916, and moved to FC Barcelona in 1919 after a conversation with the team manager.
At that time, he participated with his country’s national team for the first time in the 1920 Olympics in Belgium, when His team defeated the Danish national football team, 1-0, on August 28 1920.
It is worth noting that the Spanish national team came in second place in the football championship in that session and won the silver medal.
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He won two titles with Barcelona
Zamora was able to win the Spanish Cup twice with Barcelona before returning to Espanyol in 1922, and won with the team in 1929.
In the same year, Zamora contributed with his country to the defeat of the England national football team by 4 – 3, and this was the first time that the English national football team lost to a team from outside Britain.
Zamora left Espanyol at the end of 1929 again, and joined Real Madrid.< /p>
Zamora contributed to Real Madrid winning the first Spanish League championship, which was in the 1931/1932 season, and again in the league the following year. 1932/1933, and he also won the Spanish Cup twice with the team.
Ricardo Zamora was nicknamed “El Divino.” He played 46 matches with the Spanish national football team, and was a source of terror for the attacking players who would faint if What they looked at.
When Zamora is in the goal, the goal shrinks and the goal posts move away until they are out of space. Vision.
According to Ricardo Galeano in his book “Football Between Sun and Shadow,” football had never known a goalkeeper of Ricardo Zamora’s genius and he became a role model in all of Spain until he created Al-Ittihad, sponsored by the newspaper “Marca” For the award for the best goalkeeper and the one with the highest save rate for the season.
Zamora retired from football in 1936 and left for France after the Spanish Civil War. After that, he became a coach and trained several clubs in Spain. Zamora died on September 15, 1978 in his birthplace, Barcelona, Spain.
The Zamora Trophy is an annual award presented to the best goalkeeper in the Spanish League, which takes its name from Ricardo Zamora.
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