Eleuterio Santos
# Eleuterio Santos

Eleuterio Santos Brito (9 November 1940 – 28 January 2008) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

He spent the vast majority of his professional career with Real Zaragoza, appearing in 280 official games and scoring 96 goals.

## Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Santos started playing with local CD Tenerife. In March 1963 he moved to Real Zaragoza, going on to spend nine of his ten seasons with the club in La Liga and being part of an attacking frontline dubbed Los Magníficos, which also featured Canário, Carlos Lapetra, Marcelino and Juan Manuel Villa.

## International career

Santos earned one cap for Spain, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away friendly draw against Sweden on 2 May 1968.

## Death

Santos died in his hometown on 28 January 2008 at age 67, after a long battle with illness.

