Miguel Ángel González, unot of the goalkeepers who marked the history of the real Madrid and whom the white club described as a “legend of Spanish football”, died at the age of 76, ALS victim who announced that he was suffering in December 2022.
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“He real Madrid FCits president and its Board of Directors deeply regret the death of Miguel Angel Gonzalezone of the great goalkeepers in our history, legend of Real Madrid and Spanish football,” Real Madrid announced.
Miguel Angel defended the shirt real Madrid for eighteen seasons, between 1968 and 1986, and won eight leagues, two UEFA Cupsfive Spanish Cups and 1 League Cup.
Winner of the Zamora Trophy in the 1975-76 season, Miguel Angel, Whose reflexes and elasticity gave him the nickname 'the cat', was capped by Spain on 18 occasions.
He disputed two World Cups with the Spanish team, in Argentina 1978, with Ladislao Kubala as a coach, and Spain 1982, selector for José Emilio Santamaría.
“Miguel Ángel has been linked to Real Madrid practically his entire life. In addition to his 18 seasons as a player, he held different responsibilities as a first team delegate, goalkeeping coach and director of the former Real Madrid Sports City,” the statement highlighted.
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“Real Madrid wants to express its condolences and affection to his wife, María del Pilar, her son Miguel Ángel, her grandchildren Daniela and Mauroto their families, to their colleagues and to all their loved ones,” he added.
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December 17, 2022 Miguel Angel revealed through EFE that he suffered amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since then, in his few public appearances he has supported the fight to find a cure or stop the degenerative process, and the need for greater government support for research into the disease.
Surrounded at all times by his family and friends, the hospital Gregorio Marañón From the first moment he treated an illness that Michelangelo always faced with integrity.
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“I know what I have, I know the path I have to take and that is what directs me and gives me strength. When I lose that strength I rely on the love of my family and my friends,” said the legendary goalkeeper in one of his last appearances in un Luis de Carlos Forum of the Real Madrid Foundation.
⚫️ The Royal Spanish Football Federation deeply regrets the loss of Miguel Ángel, legendary goalkeeper of the @real Madrid and international with the @SEFutbol with which he played in two World Cups.
Our deepest condolences to his family and friends. D.E.P pic.twitter.com/hOnHvn5UUX
— RFEF (@rfef) February 6, 2024
“It is very difficult to stay with just one thing after being in an entity from the age of 20 until I retired. Having reached the real Madrid For me it was extraordinary and having finished my career as a worker is also extraordinary,” he confessed, reviewing his long history in the Madrid entity.
Miguel Ángel died at the age of 76, a victim of ALS, a disease of the central nervous system characterized by a progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the cerebral cortex, brain stem and spinal cord.
“Real Madrid extends its condolences to all Real Madrid fans” in its condolences for one of the players who marked its history.
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With information from EFE.
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