“Koke is going to leave us all far behind”

Koke Resurrection, captain of the Atlético de Madrid, played on Saturday before the grenade his 483rd match with the rojiblanco team and equaled T as the second player with the most matches in the club's historyor more Kidneys, who stressed that the midfielder “is going to leave everyone far behind” in that statistic, led by Adelardo Rodríguez, with 553 crashes as athletic.

“It is a great honor that a person from the house, who knows Atlético de Madrid from below, comes here. And what he still has, because he is going to leave us all far behind. For me it is a pride ”, highlighted Tomás in statements to the club's media.

The right-back played 483 games between 1983 and 1996 (367 in LaLiga, 64 in the Copa del Rey, 20 in the Recopa de Europa, 16 in the League Cup, 12 in the UEFA Cup and 4 in the Spanish Super Cup) and won six titles (one League, four Copas del Rey and a Spanish Super Cup), according to official club data.

Now he is the ‘team manager’ of the first team. “It is a pride that an Atlético de Madrid legend is with us every day and we learn from him. He gives us advice, helps us at all times and for us it is fundamental, “he said. Koke, who made his first team debut on September 19, 2009 against Barcelona at the Camp Nou.