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Spanish footballer

Antonio Hierro
Personal information
Full name Antonio Ruiz Hierro
Date of birth (1959-07-05) 5 July 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Vélez-Málaga, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Málaga B
1980–1988 Málaga 139 (5)
1988–1990 Hércules 53 (3)
Total 192 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Ruiz Hierro (born 5 July 1959) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in Vélez-Málaga, Andalusia, Hierro played professionally for local Málaga, spending three seasons in La Liga and four in the Segunda División.

In the summer of 1988, after having contributed 22 matches as the club returned to the top tier, he moved to Hércules, retiring from the game at the age of 31 after a couple of Segunda División B seasons.

Personal life

Hierro was the oldest of three siblings who were all footballers, and defenders. He partnered Manolo for six years at his main club whilst the youngest, Fernando, had a lengthy spell with both Real Madrid and the Spain national team, appearing on nearly 90 occasions for the latter.

References

  1. Gámez, M. (14 May 2010). "El espíritu del Málaga de los 80" [Málaga's spirit of the 80s]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. Casademont, E. (23 May 1988). "Figueres y Málaga, de Primera" [Figueres and Málaga, Primera match]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  3. "El Pirineo leridano, a tope" [Lleida's Pyrenees, at full blast]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 July 1990. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. "Fallece el padre de Fernando y Manolo Hierro" [Father of Fernando and Manolo Hierro dies]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. "La saga de los Hierro" [The Hierro saga] (in Spanish). Historias del Real Madrid. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

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