Name:
Francisco Martín ArencibiaNickname:
"Pancho", "El Divino Calvo"
Country:
Cuba
Club: Club Atlético de Madrid
Position: *
AMF,
CMF,
DMF,
SS,
CFSide: RF/BS
Age: 26-30 years (28/12/1912)
Height: * 176 cm
Weight: * 73 kg
Attack:
85Defence:
57Balance:
81Stamina:
82Top Speed:
79Acceleration:
77Response:
81Agility:
78Dribble Accuracy:
88Dribble Speed:
78Short Pass Accuracy:
92Short Pass Speed:
79Long Pass Accuracy:
88Long Pass Speed:
78Shot Accuracy:
81Shot Power:
83Shot Technique:
78Free Kick Accuracy:
71Curling:
69Header:
92Jump:
84Technique:
90Aggression:
82Mentality:
78Keeper Skills:
50Team Work:
90Injury Tolerance:
BCondition:
5Weak Foot Accuracy:
6Weak Foot Frequency:
6Consistency:
5Growth Type:
Late LastingCARDS:P08 Pinpoint Pass
P20 Talisman
S02 Passer
S05 1-touch Play
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Playmaking - Passing - 1 touch Pass
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFOFrancisco Martín Arencibia was the architect of Atletico team which won league titles in 1940 and 1941. He was inside right mainly in Atletico and right wing half mainly in Tenerife, but because of his fantastic heading abilities he was used also as centre forward. Great playmaker with excellent vision, strong physically and endurable, highly accurrate passes on short and long distance, sublime footwork and teamworking play, good scorer and provider. Elegant and gifted technically, he was the leader already at the age of 18 of the best ever Tenerife generation in 30's. Since 1930, Arencibia is part of the great team that was Champion CD Tenerife Canary Islands and participated in the Cup of Spain 1932. In late 1935, for 35,000 pesetas and a monthly salary of 1,500 pesetas, which was a high figure at the time, is produced Arencibia signing from Atletico Madrid. After three years of break in the football competition, Tenerife striker who during the war had joined the Atlético Aviación involved in conquering the first two League Atletico history (1939-40 and 1940-41). He scored 56 goals with Atletico in 138 league games he played in 1946-47 First up. That same year he joined Granada, who was active in the Second Division with which he played until age 37. With the completion of this stage, in 1949 became the first coach of the newly created Union Deportiva Las Palmas. Two months later resigned for business reasons. Gradually, Arencibia was gradually becoming distant foreground football, while afincaba in Gran Canaria, where he worked as Civil Aviation employee at the airport of Las Palmas. He died in 2004, aged 94 in the capital of Gran Canaria.
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Futbolista de una técnica deslumbrante y con ricos conocimientos tácticos, Arencibia sería considerado hoy un todocampista con gol. Tenía buena planta, gran visión de juego, buen remate con los pies y un espectacular juego de cabeza. Se distinguía además por su buena colocación en el campo, por estar siempre en el lugar preciso y mandar pases que parecían trazados con tiralíneas. Jugó de medio, de interior derecho y de delantero centro y fue un caballero dentro y fuera de la cancha.
