Peiró’s record: the athlete who won and scored in all the finals

Joaquín Peiró keeps a beautiful record at Atlético. Peiró, who died this Wednesday at the age of 84, is the only footballer in the history of the Madrid club to win and score a goal in the finals played. Greyhound of the Metropolitan marked in the two Cup finals (1959-60 and 60-61) against Real Madrid and also in that of the Recopa de Europa against Fiorentina, in 1962. He scored in both, because in the first there was a tiebreaker game and a second had to be played. It was Atlético's first European title. In the first Cup final in Chamartín Atlético beat Real Madrid 3-1. They marked Collar, Jones and Peiró. It was the first cupbearer title in the history of Atlético. A year later, the final was repeated and the Chamartín stadium returned to attend a new rojiblanco victory. This time Atlético won 3-2, with a double by Peiró and both by Mendonça.

In the Recopa marked 1-1 against Fiorentina and did not fail in the tiebreaker either. The rojiblancos won by 3-0, with goals from Jones, Mendonça and Peiró.

But there is some curious information in his history at Atlético. He twice scored four goals. One to Betis and the other … to Seville. In the match against Betis he scored twice the goal of the lame, since he had been injured. On five occasions he scored a treble.

Another curiosity is that never took a penalty. None of his 127 goals were scored from the penalty spot.