Paco Sanz (footballer)

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

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
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 0–1 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]

On 26 March 2020, shortly after his father had died due to coronavirus, Sanz was admitted to the Vithas Nisa Pardo de Aravaca Hospital in Madrid after testing positive.[15]

References
  1. "Paco Sanz". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. 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. 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. "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.
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