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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1955–1957 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1968 | Fulham | 346 | (0) |
| 1968–1969 | Colchester United | 38 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tony Macedo (born 22 February 1938) is a former professional association football goalkeeper who spent nearly his whole career at Fulham. He played 346 league games and a total of 391 matches in all competitions. He ended his career in 1968 after suffering a string of injuries.
He was born in Gibraltar in 1938. His father was a Spanish international footballer who played for Real Madrid. Macedo joined Fulham as a youth team player in 1955. He made his debut for the first team in a match against Bristol City in December 1957. Following his debut he went on to establish himself as the club's number one goalkeeper. He was part of the side that reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1959 and 1962. In 1958, he played a crucial role in Fulham's successful promotion to the First Division. He played in each of Fulham's nine successive seasons in the First Division. A series of injuries - including a backpass from Tosh Chamberlain breaking his ribs - reduced his appearances towards the end of the decade. He spent one season at Colchester United, making 38 appearances, before retiring at the premature age of 31. He emigrated to South Africa, where he has lived ever since.
Macedo became widely recognised due to the fact that he was one of only a small number of players from outside the British Isles who was playing in England at the time. He is remembered as being part a series of great Fulham sides which included individuals such as George Cohen, Jim Langley, Alan Mullery, Bobby Robson, Rodney Marsh and Bedford Jezzard, as well as Fulham's greatest ever player Johnny Haynes.
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- Struthers, Greg (18 July 2004). "Caught in Time: Fulham celebrate life in the First Division, 1960-61". Times Online. Times Media Ltd. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- "The U's History: The 60s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- Parkinson, Michael (24 October 2005). "Haynes the genius reminds us of when football was fun". Times Online. Times Newspaper Ltd. Retrieved 2 February 2011.