Sixto Casabona
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sixto Arturo Casabona Martínez[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Benagéber, Spain | ||
Date of death | 10 October 2004 | (aged 42)||
Place of death | Alicante, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Valencia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1984 | Mestalla | ||
1984–1987 | Valencia | 53 | (18) |
1987–1989 | Elche | 54 | (21) |
1989–1991 | Palamós | 64 | (15) |
1991–1992 | Cartagena | 19 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sixto Arturo Casabona Martínez (8 January 1962 – 10 October 2004), commonly known as Sixto, was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit]Born in Benagéber, Valencia, Sixto began his career with Valencia's B team, Mestalla. On 9 September 1984, Sixto made his debut for Valencia, scoring a penalty in a 5–1 win against Espanyol. During his three seasons in Valencia's first team, Sixto scored 18 times, including a hat-trick against Celta Vigo on 8 September 1985, in 53 league games. In 1987, Sixto signed for Elche, winning promotion to La Liga in his first season with the club, scoring 20 goals in 34 appearances. The following season, Sixto made 20 appearances, scoring once. After a groin injury prevented more game time, Sixto terminated his contract with Elche at the end of the season, signing for Palamós. Sixto remained with Palamós for two seasons, signing for Cartagena in 1991, before his retirement a year later.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sixto". BDFutbol. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Ficha de Sixto Casabona" (in Spanish). Ciberche. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- 1962 births
- 2004 deaths
- Footballers from the Province of Valencia
- Men's association football forwards
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Elche CF players
- Palamós CF footballers
- Cartagena FC players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Spanish football managers
- Spanish men's footballers
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish football biography stubs