Spanish sports journalist, manager, referee, and football executive
Manuel de Castro
De Castro circa 1919
President of the Galician Football Federation
Personal details
Born
(1885-08-09)9 August 1885 Vigo, Galicia, Spain
Died
27 August 1944(1944-08-27) (aged 59) Vigo, Spain
Association football career
Full name
Manuel de Castro González
Position(s)
Midfielder
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1904–1907
Sporting de Vigo
Managerial career
1921–1922; 1925–1927
Spain
1929–1930
Galicia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Manuel de Castro González[a] (9 August 1885 – 27 August 1944), better known as Hándicap, was a Spanish sports journalist, football executive, manager,[1] referee, and politician.[2] He was one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of football in Vigo, being noted for his prominent role in promoting football in the city and as the fundamental head behind the foundation of Celta de Vigo in 1923.[3][4]
As a football executive, he held the presidency of the Galician Football Federation. As a coach, he managed both the Spain national team in ten games between 1921 and 1927,[5] as well as the Galicia national team.[2] And as a referee, he founded the College of Arbitrators of Galicia.[2] He also promoted athletics, of which he also served as president of the Galician Athletics Federation.[4] He was a defensor of the idea of "complete athletes", people who dedicated themselves to more than one modality.[2]
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^"Manuel de Castro González – Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ abcd"El cronista deportivo artífice del nacimiento del Celta" [Manuel de Castro "Hándicap": father of Celta and sports journalism from Vigo] (in Spanish). www.farodevigo.es. 12 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^"Manuel de Castro "Hándicap": padre del Celta y el periodismo deportivo vigués" [The sports chronicler who created Celta] (in Spanish). www.farodevigo.es. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ ab"History of Handicap, the creator of Celta" [History of Handicap, the creator of Celta] (in Spanish). www.lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^"Manuel Castro González, football manager". Eu-football.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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