Miñambres: “The first kit I wore as a child was Levante”

The love from Felipe Miñambres with the Levante came as a child. The 56-year-old sports director from Asturias, born in 1965, dressed by first time short with Levante colors. “It is a circumstance that I later remembered to sign, but the first kit I wore as a child was Levante. Because my uncle played here at Levante. I don’t know if in the 69-70… around there. He played or was, rather, because I don’t know if they put him in a game. He was a goalkeeper”, recalls minions in the interview given to AS, which will be published soon. She was about four years old.

The character in question was Antonio Fernandez Calvo A native of La Bañeza (León), and taking a look at the historical record, he was indeed part of the Levante squad for the 1969-70 season. “Here they called him Calvo, it seems to me, as a player,” he highlights; for him, uncle Toño. And, as Felipe remembers, he did not play any game. The starting goalkeeper at that time was neither more nor less than Salvador Mut. Big words.

“The kit was brought to me by my uncle, I don’t know if it was for Christmas or a summer. He arrived and he gave me the shirt, the pants, the socks and the frog. Different from the logo now. It was a standing frog with the Levante shirt. The other day when I was home I told my mother: ‘you have to find me the photo of the kit that uncle Toño brought me’“.

Although it was not the trigger for his decision to land in Orriols, as he clarifies during the interview, it was a reason from pride by meet again somehow with their family roots. “It really has nothing to do with signing here, although I thought about it later. I mean, I go to a club where the first person in my family related to football was. Here, in Levante”. Without a doubt, a beautiful story.

PS: If Mrs. Fernández finds that photo, please let her pass it on.