Spanish player for Burnley???

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Spanish player for Burnley???

Post by Quickenthetempo » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:16 pm

Have we ever had a Spanish player play for the mighty clarets?

Jay Rod doesn't count I'm afraid.

I can't remember any.

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:18 pm

Bilbao Hamilton ?

I`ll get mi coat.....
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Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:25 pm

Gijon Francis ?
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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:34 pm

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Post by Spijed » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:36 pm

Ashley Barnez?
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Post by dsr » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:59 pm

Graham di Branchio was Italian, I believe.

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Post by Braindead » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:10 pm

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Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:54 pm

Did Wigan have a couple of Spanish players in early 90’s who appeared in our reserves on trial?

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Post by RocketLawnChair » Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:59 pm

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Post by clarets1978 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:00 pm

Jesus Seba played on trial for the Reserves during the 1996-97 season
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Post by Hibsclaret » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:04 pm

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Post by HatfieldClaret » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:11 pm

Don Quixote

but I think he played for us under several aliases in the 80's
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Post by evensteadiereddie » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:18 pm

clarets1978 wrote:Jesus Seba played on trial for the Reserves during the 1996-97 season
Not so good with crosses, apparently.

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:21 pm

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Re: Spanish player for Burnley???

Post by houseboy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:37 pm

This promted me to check and, oddly, not a single Spaniard has ever played for us, ever. 1 Italian (does anyone remember Luigi Cennamo?) has crossed our doorstep. There have been a smattering of Europeans but probably about the same number as there are at Chelsea right now. In fact, oddly, there seems to have been almost as many Australians as Europeans with a small sprinkling of Africans and South Americans thrown in.
Having never checked this out before and thinking about the fact that many people on here have often criticised our 'foreign policy' it appears that we are very much a British player only club. The flags at the side of the name tells it's own story, overwhelmingly English (not surprisingly) then Scotland, Ireland (both) and Wales.
Here's an odd one though. Jamaica is not a country you readilly associate with football is it? We've had seven (that's 7) Jamaicans plus two others from the West Indies in general. That's nearly enough to make up a useful cricket team. Wonder if I was looking at players who'd played for Burnley CC? :D

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Post by Bop » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:02 pm

Diego Penny and Graham Alejandro.

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Post by theroyaldyche » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:02 pm

A theth theth theth theth

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Post by houseboy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:05 pm

Bop wrote:Diego Penny and Graham Alejandro.
Penny was NEARLY Spanish, he was Peruvian so would probably have had Spanish as a first language.

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Post by Hipper » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:06 pm

Gifton Noel-Williams was sold to a Spanish club.

So Spain owe us for the talent we sold them - or perhaps we owe them!

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Post by gandhisflipflop » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:08 pm

houseboy wrote:This promted me to check and, oddly, not a single Spaniard has ever played for us, ever. 1 Italian (does anyone remember Luigi Cennamo?) has crossed our doorstep. There have been a smattering of Europeans but probably about the same number as there are at Chelsea right now. In fact, oddly, there seems to have been almost as many Australians as Europeans with a small sprinkling of Africans and South Americans thrown in.
Having never checked this out before and thinking about the fact that many people on here have often criticised our 'foreign policy' it appears that we are very much a British player only club. The flags at the side of the name tells it's own story, overwhelmingly English (not surprisingly) then Scotland, Ireland (both) and Wales.
Here's an odd one though. Jamaica is not a country you readilly associate with football is it? We've had seven (that's 7) Jamaicans plus two others from the West Indies in general. That's nearly enough to make up a useful cricket team. Wonder if I was looking at players who'd played for Burnley CC? :D
Wasn't gentile Italian?

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Post by Cleveleys_claret » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:11 pm

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Did Wigan have a couple of Spanish players in early 90’s who appeared in our reserves on trial?
Yes Jesus Seba, Idra Diaz or something like that and Roberto Martinez

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Post by Quickenthetempo » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:11 pm

Hipper wrote:Gifton Noel-Williams was sold to a Spanish club.

So Spain owe us for the talent we sold them - or perhaps we owe them!
He only went as far so he could retrieve his penalty.
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Post by gandhisflipflop » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:13 pm

Hipper wrote:Gifton Noel-Williams was sold to a Spanish club.

So Spain owe us for the talent we sold them - or perhaps we owe them!

I'm sure I saw him on tv playing at Camp Nou :lol:

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Post by houseboy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:20 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:Wasn't gentile Italian?
No. I saw that but although it is an Italian name he was in fact.....Dutch.

The Gentile I remember mainly was Claudio, the animal who Keegan once said of, "I was stood at the side of him at an awards ceremony once and it's the only time he didn't kick me'. Mainly with Juventus he was about as far removed from his surname as a player as could be. Apparently now some sort of managerial advisor to the South Korean side. Great defender but what an absolute beast.

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Post by conyoviejo » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:34 pm

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conyoviejo wrote:Si..tienes razón,hemos tenido muchos Burros sobre los años pasados.. JaJaJaJa
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Post by Spijed » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:58 pm

I didn't realise we'd got two Spanish strikers.

The other one is Sam Vokez

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:02 pm

houseboy wrote:No. I saw that but although it is an Italian name he was in fact.....Dutch.

The Gentile I remember mainly was Claudio, the animal who Keegan once said of, "I was stood at the side of him at an awards ceremony once and it's the only time he didn't kick me'. Mainly with Juventus he was about as far removed from his surname as a player as could be. Apparently now some sort of managerial advisor to the South Korean side. Great defender but what an absolute beast.
Marco Gentile was the nephew of Claudio Gentile so whilst Marco is a dutch national his heritage is still Italian.
Claudio like you say was a frightening centre back....but was actually also a very good player. There is some FIFA footage of the World Cups I once saw where there was a camera following Gentile as he marked a young Diego Maradona. It`s incredible - he should have been arrested !! When people talk about man marking an oppositions best player then this is probably the most extreme example you could ever see. But it did work as Maradona hardly got a kick (of the ball !!)
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Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:06 pm

Jay's dad was Spanish and played for Burnley. Came from Deportivo I believe.

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Post by TVC15 » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:41 pm

It was Jay’s dad’s dad that came from Deportivo (and played for them I think)
Jay’s dad is from Burnley - went to St Johns primary school and has lived here all his life

Has nobody mentioned Costa Del Rey Deakin yet ?!!

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Post by bodge » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:04 pm

You can tell it's the international break :D

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Post by piston broke » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:15 pm

houseboy wrote:No. I saw that but although it is an Italian name he was in fact.....Dutch.

The Gentile I remember mainly was Claudio, the animal who Keegan once said of, "I was stood at the side of him at an awards ceremony once and it's the only time he didn't kick me'. Mainly with Juventus he was about as far removed from his surname as a player as could be. Apparently now some sort of managerial advisor to the South Korean side. Great defender but what an absolute beast.
Almost Italian, Claudio was born in Tripoli, Libya.

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Post by Walton » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:59 pm

We had Andy Seville on loan in the 90s
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Post by Walton » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:00 pm

Do you remember our first Indian player?



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Post by dsr » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:25 am

Not to mention two of the mainstays of our title-winning team, Jaime McIlroy and Jaime Connelly.

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Post by houseboy » Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:56 am

piston broke wrote:Almost Italian, Claudio was born in Tripoli, Libya.
Played many times for Italy. Actually a remarkably good defender but he was, to put it politely, very physical.

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