Last update 6 November, 2020 by Alberto Llopis
Onesimo can be considered the Spanish Garrincha. It has not led a similar peculiar Brazilian player of the last century but by the great life skill to haggle, an art that today seems lost. No physicist enjoyed Cristiano Ronaldo and Beckham had marketing. With his folksy appearance, his short stature and his afro was the opposite of the stereotype of current star, but he had a gift. He was able to haggle even his shadow.
Onésimo Sánchez, el Rey del regate
At the time where soccer players wore mustaches, pants that were almost boxer shorts and most were tough guys like Chuck Norris, Onesimo he was the king of impossible dribbling. He played in Barcelona shortly before the explosion “Dream Team” the Johan Cruyff. He did not enjoy many opportunities and alternated the first with the second team. What most remembered were about 25 memorable minutes in a match of Recopa.
They count your way through Barcelona's youth as a good genius that is, He made a bet with his fellow Barcelona B, I was able to get from La Masia to Mini Estadi giving the ball touches. He did it in 15 minutes and he crossed the street twice. He had a couple of problems in your game. It was too individualistic and lacked goal. He drove superbly in the art of dribbling but no trouble shoot at goal.
It was a classic of the First division. disputed 221 matches in the top flight, distributed between Real Valladolid, FC Barcelona, Cadiz, Rayo Vallecano and Sevilla scoring only 21 goals. In the second division played 97 games and scored 13 goals. Surprisingly did not reach full international at a time when the Spanish team had a rather mediocre level, but if you came to play with the Sub 21.
De la línea de cal al salto a los banquillos
After hanging up the boots, Onesimo He served as a coach and commentator on radio and television shows. With a much more plump appearance than in his time as a footballer, the once dribbling genius has worked as a coach at clubs like Real Valladolid, the Huesca, Real Murcia, Toledo, Girona or the Celta subsidiary among others. Quite a phenomenon.
