Julio Orozco Martín (born 14 May 1948) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julio Orozco Martín | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Yuncler, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1973 | Atlético Madrid | 51 | (19) |
| 1973–1980 | Málaga | 176 | (48) |
| Total | 227 | (67) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He made 140 La Liga appearances and scored 33 goals for Atlético Madrid and Málaga, winning two league titles and the Copa del Generalísimo with the former.[1] In 1980, he was banned for two years for a match-fixing scandal.[2][3]
Career
editAtlético Madrid
editBorn in Yuncler in the Province of Toledo, Orozco was one of a number of players from his province to make it into the Atlético Madrid first team in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] He made his debut in La Liga on 21 September 1969 in the second game of the season, playing the last five minutes of a 2–1 home loss to Las Palmas as a substitute for Javier Irureta.[4] A week later on his first start, he scored in a 2–0 home win over Valencia, eventually making four appearances in a title-winning season.[5]
In 1971–72, Orozco scored a career-best 10 top-flight goals, including four on 5 December in a 5–0 win over Real Sociedad at the Vicente Calderón Stadium; only Luis Aragonés in 1967 had scored four in a game for the team before.[6] He finished the season on 8 July with the 1972 Copa del Generalísimo final, playing the last 19 minutes in place of injured goalscorer José Eulogio Gárate in a 2–1 victory over Valencia.[7]
Málaga
editIn July 1973, former Atlético manager Marcel Domingo signed Orozco amidst interest from Barcelona. The player received a three-year contract with a combined salary of 7 million Spanish pesetas and his former club received 8 million.[8]
On 27 April 1980, with Málaga already relegated by the 31st matchday, the team were to take on relegation-threatened Salamanca. The visiting club's manager Felipe Mesones enlisted his former player Raúl Castronovo of Algeciras – a former Málaga teammate of Orozco – to present the offer of 4.4 million pesetas for Málaga to lose. Salamanca's 3–0 win is the only game in La Liga history to have been voided for match-fixing, though that club still avoided relegation. Orozco was one of five Málaga players suspended over the fix, being banned from football for two years.[3][2]
References
edit- ^ a b Pérez, Juan Antonio (5 June 2016). "Futbolistas que fueron ídolos" [Footballers who were idols]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Aquel Málaga-Salamanca ¿Qué pasó en el único partido 'amañado' en España?" [That Málaga-Salamanca game. What happened in the only 'fixed' game in Spain?]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b Relaño, Alfredo (1 March 2018). "Aquel tongo en el Málaga-Salamanca" [That sham in Málaga-Salamanca]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (22 September 1969). "1-2: El equipo canario fue siempre superior al conjunto madrileño" [1-2: The Canarian team was always superior to the Madrilenian outfit]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (29 September 1969). "2-0: Otro mal partido del equipo local aunque ganara, más por empuje que por juego" [2-0: Another bad game for the home team despite them winning, more by pushing than by playing]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Falcao no deja de asombrar" [Falcao doesn't stop being wonderful] (in Spanish). ESPN. EFE. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (9 July 1972). "Merkel: "Lo hemos merecido"" [Merkel: "We deserved it"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (25 July 1973). "Orozco ya es jugador del Málaga" [Orozco is now a Málaga player]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
External links
edit- Julio Orozco at BDFutbol