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Santiago Bernabéu de Yeste ( spanish pronunciation : [ sanˈtjaɣo βeɾnaˈβew ˈʝeste ] ; 8 June 1895 – 2 June 1978 ) was a spanish football player who played for Real Madrid as a advancing. He is widely involve one of the most significant figures in the history of Real Madrid ; [ 3 ] he was the cabaret ‘s president for 35 years, from 11 September 1943 until his death in 1978. [ 4 ] The team ‘s stream stadium is named in his respect .

early years and career [edit ]

Bernabéu was born in Almansa, Albacete, Spain. His family moved to Madrid when he was identical young, and Bernabéu himself joined the Real Madrid junior ranks in 1909 at long time 14, after being a regular spectator at their matches for years. Bernabéu wore the captain ‘s armband for years. In 1920, Santiago Bernabéu withdrew from Real Madrid and went on to join their city equal Atlético Madrid, with whom he would entirely play one plot. In 1921, he would return to Real Madrid, playing as a hitter before retiring from playing in 1926. He continued to be associated with the club until 1935, first as coach of the first team, then as a director and late becoming adjunct director. [ citation needed ]

Civil War [edit ]

With the outbreak of the spanish Civil War in 1936, professional football ceased to be played in Spain. During the war he fought on the side of the Nationalists as a soldier under the general Agustín Muñoz Grandes. [ citation needed ]

Post-Civil War [edit ]

When the war ended and football began again in Spain, Bernabéu found at Real Madrid what was, for all intents and purposes, a dead golf club. The old administration ( respective had been killed or disappeared during the war ) and tied some of the club ‘s trophies from their early years had been stolen. [ citation needed ] What was more, at the time the establishment club was Atlético Madrid ( renamed Atlético Aviación, the Air-Force ‘s team ) and real Madrid did not initially receive any government serve in rebuilding. Bernabéu proceeded to spend the following several months finding and contacting former players, directors, and club members, finally restructuring the club. [ citation needed ] In 1943, after fan ferocity following a real Madrid victory over FC Barcelona the government imposed a solomonic solution, forcing the Presidents of both clubs to resign, and Bernabéu was elected President of Real Madrid – a position he would occupy until his death on 2 June 1978. [ citation needed ] achiever did not come immediately, however. The club was calm in identical inadequate form and other clubs, such as the aforesaid Atlético, Barcelona, and Athletic Bilbao had identical solid teams. [ citation needed ] Bernabéu began to implant his ideas. He restructured the golf club at all levels, in what would become the normal engage structure of professional clubs in the future, giving every section and grade of the clubhouse independent technical teams and recruiting people who were ambitious and visionary in their own correct, such as Raimundo Saporta. [ citation needed ] He then endeavoured to build what would become the stadium that nowadays bears his name, at the time the largest stadium in all of Europe, it was remarked as being “ excessively much of a stadium for so short a club ”. The Ciudad Deportiva, built sol that the players could train without destroying the stadium ‘s peddle, was besides constructed during these years. [ citation needed ] Finally, he embarked upon an ambitious strategy of signing first players from overseas, the most big of them being the sign language of Alfredo Di Stéfano, and built the world ‘s inaugural in truth multinational side. During Bernabéu ‘s presidency many of Real Madrid ‘s most legendary names played for the baseball club, including Molowny, Muñoz, Di Stéfano, Gento, Rial, Santamaría, Kopa, Puskás, Amancio, Pirri, Netzer, Santillana, Juanito, Camacho, del Bosque, and many more. [ citation needed ]

influence in Europe and bequest [edit ]

In 1955, acting upon the idea proposed by the L’Équipe journalist Gabriel Hanot and build upon the Copa Latina ( a tournament involving clubs from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy ), Bernabéu met in the Ambassador Hotel in Paris with Bedrignan and Gustav Sebes and created what was at first base a broadly constructed exhibition tournament played among invite teams, but which over time developed into what is nowadays the Champions League. Under the administration of UEFA, it is the world ‘s premier club tournament. [ citation needed ]

Bernabeu, offered Manchester United help following the air catastrophe in 1958. [ 5 ] At the time of his death, Bernabéu had been the baseball club ‘s president for 35 years, during which his golf club won 1 Intercontinental Cup, 6 european Cups, 16 League titles, 6 spanish Cups, 2 Latin Cups and 1 Copa Eva Duarte. [ citation needed ] He died in 1978, while the World Cup was being played in Argentina. In his honor FIFA decreed three days of mourning during the tournament. [ citation needed ] In 2002, he was posthumously awarded the FIFA Order of Merit. [ citation needed ]

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Notes

  1. a b c spanish league began in 1929 .