Paco Gento

✶October 21, 1933

†January 18, 2022

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About their life

Francisco "Paco" Gento López was a Spanish footballer who played as an outside left. A fast runner, Gento was referred to as the "Gale of the Cantabrian Sea" in reference to his speed down the wing. He was voted by IFFHS as the greatest Spanish footballer and 30th greatest world footballer of the 20th century. Gento is also widely regarded as one of the greatest wingers in the history of the sport.

Spanish footballer (1933–2022)

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Biography from the article Paco Gento on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.