Paco Sanz (footballer, born 1972)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sanz and the second or maternal family name is Durán.

Paco Sanz
Personal information
Full name Francisco Sanz Durán[1]
Date of birth (1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1991 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Real Madrid B 41 (1)
1993 → Unión Española (loan)
1995–1996 Oviedo 7 (0)
1996–1997 Racing Santander 0 (0)
1997–2000 Mallorca 1 (0)
Total 49 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Sanz Durán (born 29 November 1972) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Madrid, Sanz played youth football with Real Madrid.[2] A brief loan in Chile with Unión Española notwithstanding,[2] he spent his first seasons as a senior with Real's reserves, making his Segunda División debut on 4 September 1993 in a 3–1 home win against Hércules CF where he came on as a late substitute[3] and scoring his only goal on 2 October in another home fixture that concluded with the same result, against CA Marbella.[4]

In the summer of 1995, Sanz signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo.[5] He played his first match in the competition on 3 September, featuring 77 minutes in the 1–0 loss at Real Zaragoza.[6]

From there onwards, Sanz could hardly ever get a game at his next teams, Racing de Santander[7] and RCD Mallorca.[8] Consequently, he retired at the age of 27,[9] later referring to himself in an interview conducted by daily newspaper El País as a "bad player".[10][2]

Later life

After retiring, Sanz worked in the hospitality industry in Madrid.[11] Previous to that, he was the president of Granada CF.[12]

In July 2009, Sanz was ordered by a court of law to pay €229 for assaulting Carlos Tomás Romero in April, when both worked in directorial capacities at Granada.[13]

Personal life

Sanz's younger brother, Fernando, was also a footballer. Both were sons of Lorenzo Sanz, president of Real Madrid in the late 90s.[14][10]

Sanz's son, also named Francisco, was also involved in the sport as a centre-back.[15] On 26 March 2020, shortly after his father had died due to coronavirus, the former was admitted to the Vithas Nisa Pardo de Aravaca Hospital in Madrid after testing positive.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paco Sanz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Díaz, Pablo (8 November 2012). "Paco Sanz, el hijo del presidente que se sabía peor que los demás" [Paco Sanz, the president's son who knew he was worse than everybody else]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Un flojo Hércules cae ante el Ral [sic] Madrid 'B'" [Weak Hércules fall against Real Madrid 'B']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 September 1993. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "El Marbella no crea problemas al Madrid 'B'" [Marbella create no problems to Madrid 'B']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 October 1993. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "REAL OVIEDO – Menos nombres pero más ilusión" [REAL OVIEDO – Not so famous but hungrier]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 August 1995. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ^ Andrés, Mariano (4 September 1995). "Aguado le salva los muebles al Zaragoza" [Aguado saves Zaragoza bacon]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ Vicario, Ernesto (17 August 1996). "El proyecto de Marcos ilusiona en Santander" [Marcos' project has people excited in Santander]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ Barceló, Alfons (9 August 1997). "Un 'estreno' de Primera" [A Primera-made 'debut']. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  9. ^ Casado, Edu (4 May 2018). "Qué fue de… Paco Sanz: el hijo del presidente del Madrid jugó 8 partidos en cinco años" [What happened to… Paco Sanz: the son of the president of Madrid played 8 matches in five years]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b Miguelez, José (7 June 1999). "Las confesiones de Paco Sanz" [The confessions of Paco Sanz]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Paco Sanz, el carisma al frente ahora de sus servicios de hostelería" [Paco Sanz, charisma now in charge of his hospitality businesses]. Ideal (in Spanish). 5 August 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. ^ Lamelas, Rafael (11 October 2018). "«Nuestro éxito fue aunar a todo el fútbol granadino en torno al Granada»" ["Our success was based in uniting all of the football in Granada around Granada"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Paco Sanz, condenado por agredir a un ex directivo del Granada" [Paco Sanz, convicted for assaulting former director of Granada]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). 8 July 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  14. ^ Calvo, Juan Antonio (12 March 2007). "La saga de los Sanz" [The Sanz saga]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Paco Sanz, puro ADN madridista, estará en el Bernabéu con el Almería: su abuelo Lorenzo presidió el club" [Paco Sanz, pure Madrid DNA, will be at the Bernabéu with Almería: his grandfather Lorenzo presided the club]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Un hijo de Lorenzo Sanz, ingresado por coronavirus tras la muerte de su padre" [A son of Lorenzo Sanz, hospitalised with coronavirus after death of his father]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.