Real Madrid Alumni: Where are they now?

Cotonou agreement was ratified by RFEF and Spanish government in 2007. So any number of African players can be included in the squad now in Spain without occupying Non EU spot. Momo Diarra stopped being Non EU from 2007 that way. That's why Barca had Eto'o, Yaya, Keita in the squad at one point and they were counted as EU citizens.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7032661.stm

 

I thought the footage 9:34 of Sahin was interesting. First, it turned him into Xabi Alonso. He also did a Zidane turn wearing #5. At 11:07, he even took a freekick when Ronaldo was on the field. I thought Bale is the only RM player ever to take any freekick when CR7 was on the field.

 

This is a rare footage of Didi playing for Real Madrid. For the younger fans, he was the star of the 1958 World Cup. He was probably one of the best central midfielders ever played the game. In 1959, he joined Real Madrid, but he only lasted a single season. According to wikipedia, he only played 19 games. His failure in Madrid was largely due to the fact that he could not get along with Alfred Di Stefano. By that time, Raymond Kopa had returned to France. Anyway, I think he played deeper than Kopa who played on the right side in Madrid. Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento, etc all played different position. The feud was down to personality, it was largely reported. Up until this week, I have never seen any footage of him playing for Madrid.

He returned to his old team Botafago, where he teamed up with Garrincha. Later, he was replaced by Gerson, who was the deep-lying playmaker of Brazil's 1970 team.

 

Freddy Rincon was before my time as a fan of the club. He was well-known in the 1990's, but not as famous as Valderama, Asprilla, Higuita, etc. He scored against West Germany in the 1990 World Cup Finals. That goal might have put Colombia on the map. Colombia reached the second round of that Finals with that goal. It was a milestone for Columbia.

Actually, I don't really remember him playing for Madrid. Later, he made a name in Brazil. I remembered reading about him as one of the best players in the Brazilian league. I googled his name with "Real Madrid" and he was often interviewed because of James and Real Madrid.

https://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2020/06/14/5ee6388822601da42e8b45b9.html

 

I remember Rincon

 

No but Capello brought the team spirit and added some players of his own Seedorf, Carlos, Panucci to name a few. He played mainly 4-4-2 once he settled on a system of players. This was just before he left Milan who had dominated Serie A, a much harder league.

 

He was training at AC Milan which was different to Real Madrid. I know they had some world class training complex, he never said anything at the time. He got injured and after that he never recovered which was a big shame.

 

I wish he had played in the 1998 world cup too but that twat Pasarella was telling people to cut their.

 

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Guti fired from Almeria

 

These guys can't even distinguish between Pavon and Ivan Helguera.

 

He is having major success in Mexico. He took over at Club America for Miguel Herrera, a legendary Mexican coach. People hated Solari for it. Now he has the club in the concacaf champions league final and they’re the best team in the country.

 

Loved him as a player for us and was hoping he would pan out as a coach when he got the job, but it was obvious almost right away it was a step too soon for him. Glad he bounced back, always came off as a classy likeable character.

 

Maybe not even a step too soon but perhaps the right guy at the wrong time.

 

No doubt, he will be back in Europe at a big club soon enough.

 

The team was in shambles when he took over, I think 9th place in the table had like a 3 game losing streak, dropped points against CSKA Moskow in CL and last straw was a manita (5 goals conceded) against Barca.

He really didn't get the credit he deserved for getting things back on track and doing the much needed work of incorporating young players like Vinicius, Valverde, Reguillon, Llorente, etc., and it was really one bad week and a dumb as red card by Ramos that did him in.

 

I am getting excited about Castilla because of Arribas, Iker Bravo, etc. I have not been this way since exactly ten seasons ago when Jese emerged from Castilla. Jese is in Turkey now. I have no idea how he is doing.

2012-2013. That was 10 years ago.

 

I will never understand what happened to Jese. Like Isco, he had everything, but somehow lost it for no apparent reason. The ACL tear was a factor, but he played well post injury. People say he was focusing on a rap career but he was always dedicated to training and maintaining his fitness levels. I just dont.

 

I wasn't talking about their careers, stop moving the goal posts every time. Isco dropped from high to low, and Jese from low to zero in terms of career, but their drop was symmetrical in terms of their athleticism.

I didn't base my perception of Jese's fitness on what people are saying, but the fact that he always seems fit and that he posts a million videos of himself training on his social media. He's always been lean and shredded. I never heard anyone complain about his dedication either.

 

At one point, I thought Isco was going to replace Modric who had the label as La Liga's worst signing of the year in 201X. Instead, Modric stepped up and Isco never became that player what we expected of him. Nevertheless, Isco had at least 4 seasons as a contributor on the team. He perhaps was considered a starter for a few seasons depending how you viewed whether Bale was a starter on the same period. And that period happened to be our best time since Di Stefano was a player. I recalled he was on the starting lineup in two CL Finals. But when he left the team, he did not get the respect that he deserved. Of course, he was no Casemiro or Marcelo, but he deserved a better treatment than that.