Adrián Escudero

Adrián Escudero

Personal information
Full name	Adrián Escudero García
Date of birth	(1927-11-24)24 November 1927
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death	7 March 2011(2011-03-07) (aged 83)
Place of death	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Banco Hispano Americano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945	Mediodía
1945–1958	Atlético Madrid	287	(169)
International career
1949	Spain B	1	(1)
1952–1956	Spain	3	(1)
Managerial career
1963	Atlético Madrid
1967–1968	Badajoz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Adrián Escudero García (24 November 1927 – 7 March 2011) was a Spanish footballer who played as a striker.

He is the second the all-time leading goalscorer for Atlético Madrid with 169 goals, having appeared for the club in 13 La Liga seasons and played in more than 350 official games.

Club career

Escudero arrived at Atlético Madrid in late 1945, from local amateurs Club Deportivo Mediodía. He ended his first season in La Liga with ten games and two goals, but scored in double digits in eight of the following ten campaigns, most notably contributing with 28 goals combined as the Colchoneros won back-to-back national championships in the early 1950s.

On 8 March 1953, Escudero netted Atlético's 1000th goal in the top division, in a 2–3 away loss against Celta de Vigo, through a penalty kick. At the end of 1957–58 he did not have his contract renewed and decided to retire from football, aged only 30.

Escudero continued working with Atlético Madrid in the following years, first as youth team coach then as assistant manager. After the sacking of Rafael García Repullo (his former teammate) early into the 1963–64 season, he was an interim for one round, a 1–2 defeat at Valencia CF on 29 December 1963.

Escudero died on 7 March 2011 in his hometown of Madrid, at the age of 83.

International career

Escudero earned three caps for Spain in three-and-a-half years, his debut coming on 7 December 1952 in a friendly with Argentina played in Madrid (0–1 loss). In his only official appearance, on 17 March 1954, he scored against Turkey for the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifiers – the third playoff match ended 2–2 in Rome, and the Spaniards were eliminated after a drawing of lots.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 March 1954	Stadio Olimpico, Roma, Italy	Turkey	2–2	2–2	1954 World Cup qualification

Honours

Atlético Madrid

• La Liga: 1949–50, 1950–51
• Copa Eva Duarte: 1951
• Copa del Generalísimo: Runner-up 1956

Individual

• Monchín Triana Trophy: 1956–57

External links

• Adrián Escudero at BDFutbol
• Adrián Escudero manager profile at BDFutbol
• Biography at La Vida en Rojiblanco (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 July 2009)
• National team data (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2009)
• Adrián Escudero at National-Football-Teams.com
• Adrián Escudero – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Adrián Escudero at EU-Football.info