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Estanislau Basora
Personal information
Full name Estanislau Basora Brunet
Date of birth (1926-11-18)18 November 1926
Place of birth Colonia Valls,Spain
Date of death 16 March 2012(2012-03-16)(aged 85)
Place of death Las Palmas,Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger,striker
Youth career
Colonia Valls
Súria[ca]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1946 Manresa
1946–1958 Barcelona 237 (89)
1955–1956 →Lleida(loan) 16 (6)
Total 253 (95)
International career
1949 Spain B 1 (0)
1949–1957 Spain 22 (13)
1948–1958 Catalan XI 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisBasoraand the second or maternal family name isBrunet.

Estanislau Basora Brunet(alsoEstanislao;18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanishfootballerwho played as awingerorstriker.

Most of his 15-year career was spent atFC Barcelonafor which he appeared in more than 300 official games, surpassing the 100-goal mark and winning 14 major titles.

ASpanish internationalin the late 1940s/early 1950s, Basora represented the nation at the1950 World Cup.

Club career[edit]

Born in Colonia Valls,Barcelona,Catalonia,Basora joined local andLa LigagiantsFC Barcelonain 1946, from neighbouringCE Manresa.He made his league debut on 22 September in a 1–1 home draw againstCelta de Vigo,but finishedhis first seasonwith only three appearances for the club.

In the following years, however, Basora was an undisputed starter, winning four titles from 1947 to 1949, including two national championships to which he contributed with 20 goals in 51 games combined under coachEnrique Fernández.He was part of a legendary offensive line which also includedCésar,László Kubala,Eduardo Manchón,Mariano MartínandMoreno,and scored the opening goal in the 1949Latin Cupfinal, a 2–1 victory overSporting Clube de Portugal.

In the1951–52 season,Basora was an essential offensive unit asBarçawon five titles.[1][2]He scored eight in 27 matches in the league, and also found the net inthe campaign'sCopa del Generalísimofinal, a 4–2 win againstValencia CF.He also spent one of his twelve years with the team on loan to another outfit in the region,UE Lleida,retiring in 1959 at nearly 33 years of age with official totals for his main club of 301 games and 113 goals; in 1974, during Barcelona's 75th anniversary celebrations, he was included in their all-time best XI.

International career[edit]

During eight years, Basora played 22 games and scored 13 goals forSpain.[3]On 12 June 1949 he netted on his debut, a 4–1 win against theRepublic of Ireland.A week later, in anotherfriendly,he scored ahat-trickwithin fifteen minutes againstFranceat theStade de Colombes,being subsequently dubbed by the French press "The Monster of Colombes".[4]

Basora represented the nation at the1950 FIFA World Cupin Brazil, forming a formidable offensive partnership withTelmo Zarra.In the opening game against theUnited States,Spain were 0–1 down with ten minutes to go before Basora scored twice inside a minute – Zarra then added a third for the final 3–1.

In the second group game Spain beatChile2–0, with both players again on target. The side then confirmed its place in the next stage with a 1–0 win againstEngland,with Zarra heading in a Basora cross; the second group stage started againstUruguay,and he found the net twice to help the team come from behind 0–1, but the South Americans eventually tied it 2–2 and the national team lost the following two games.[4]

Between 1948 and 1958 Basora also played five games for theCatalan XI,scoring twice. On 26 January 1955, he appeared alongside Kubala and guest playerAlfredo Di Stéfanoin a game againstBologna FC 1909at theCamp de Les Corts.

International goals[edit]

[3]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 June 1949 Dalymount Park,Dublin,Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1–2 1–4 Friendly
2. 19 June 1949 Colombes,Paris,France France 0–1 1–5 Friendly
3. 19 June 1949 Colombes, Paris, France France 0–2 1–5 Friendly
4. 19 June 1949 Colombes, Paris, France France 0–3 1–5 Friendly
5. 2 April 1950 Nuevo Chamartín,Madrid,Spain Portugal 2–0 5–1 1950 World Cup qualification
6. 25 June 1950 Durival de Britto,Curitiba,Brazil United States 2–1 3–1 1950 FIFA World Cup
7. 29 June 1950 Maracanã,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil Chile 1–0 2–0 1950 FIFA World Cup
8. 9 July 1950 Pacaembu,São Paulo,Brazil Uruguay 1–1 2–2 1950 FIFA World Cup
9. 9 July 1950 Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil Uruguay 1–2 2–2 1950 FIFA World Cup
10. 1 June 1952 Nuevo Chamartín, Madrid, Spain Republic of Ireland 4–0 6–0 Friendly
11. 1 June 1952 Nuevo Chamartín, Madrid, Spain Republic of Ireland 6–0 6–0 Friendly
12. 16 May 1957 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain Scotland 3–0 4–1 1958 World Cup qualification
13. 16 May 1957 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain Scotland 4–1 4–1 1958 World Cup qualification

Personal life / Death[edit]

Basora's younger brother, Joaquín, was also a footballer. Often referred to as Basora II, the forward represented, in the top division,CD CondalandSporting de Gijón.[5][6]

On 16 March 2012, days after having suffered aheart attack,Basora died at the University Hospital ofLas Palmas.He was 85 years old.[7]

Honours[edit]

Barcelona

References[edit]

  1. ^Muere Estanislau Basora, mítico exdelantero del FC Barcelona (Estanislau Basora, legendary ex-FC Barcelona forward, dies);El Economista, 16 March 2012(in Spanish)
  2. ^Muere Basora, delantero del gran Barça de las 5 Copas (Basora, forward of great5 Cups Barça,dies);La Opinión, 17 March 2012(in Spanish)
  3. ^abEstanislao Basora – International Appearances;atRSSSF
  4. ^abFallece el mítico Basora (Legendary Basora dies);FIFA.com, 16 March 2012(in Spanish)
  5. ^Basora II;at BDFutbol
  6. ^Barça brothers;FC Barcelona, 29 October 2009
  7. ^Fallece Estanislao Basora, legendario jugador del Barça (Estanislao Basora, legendary Barça player, dies);Mundo Deportivo,16 March 2012(in Spanish)

External links[edit]

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