Manuel Badenes Calduch (31 October 1928 – 26 November 2007) was a Spanish footballer, who played as a forward for clubs such as FC Barcelona and Valencia CF.

Club career

Badenes started his career at CD Castellón. His first season at the club saw him score four goals in ten games which resulted in a move to Barcelona. He spent two season at the club, winning two La Liga titles before moving to Valencia. He scored 90 goals in 97 games at Valencia before moving to Real Valladolid, where he won the Pichichi trophy awarded to the top scorer in La Liga in 1958.

International career

Badenes is the all-time top goal scorer of Spain B with 8 goals, and remarkably, he managed to achieve this feat having only two appearances for the team (a ratio of four goals per game), both at the 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup, netting four past Greece and four again against Egypt, to be crowned the tournament's top goal scorer. However, despite his prolificness for the B team, he never managed to reach the main team.

Club statistics

Club performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
SpainLeague
1946–47CastellónLa Liga114
Total114
1947–48FC BarcelonaLa Liga136
1948–4910
Total146
1950–51Valencia CFLa Liga2120
1951–522418
1952–531916
1953–5464
1954–551622
1955–561110
Total9790
1956–57ValladolidLa Liga3016
1957–582919
Total5935
1958–59Sporting de GijónLa Liga214
Total214
TotalSpain202139

International goals

Spain B score listed first, score column indicates score after each Badenes goal.

List of international goals scored by Manuel Badenes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 March 1955Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, SpainGreece1–07–11953–58 Mediterranean Cup
23–0
34–1
45–1
527 November 1955Egypt2–15–1
63–1
74–1
85–1

Honours

Club

FC Barcelona

Valencia CF

International

Spain B

Individual

Real Valladolid

Records

External links

  • at BDFutbol
  • 3 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  • [permanent dead link]