Francisco Buyo

Buyo was born in Betanzos, Province of A Coruña. At the age of 14, he began playing football for local Ural, for which he appeared as both a goalkeeper and right winger during his one-year spell, achieving the feat of being both unbeaten between the goalposts and also the team's top scorer. Buyo's first senior club was Mallorca, in the Tercera División. After one season, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña, where he would stay until 1980, with a loan to Huesca – while he performed military service in Jaca – in between. He made his debut in La Liga in the 1980–81 season with Sevilla, being the starting goalkeeper from the beginning; he appeared in 248 competitive matches during his spell, also earning his first callup to the Spain national team. Buyo's performances at Sevilla made Real Madrid require his services, signing him in 1986 as a replacement for veteran Miguel Ángel. In his first season, he played all 44 league games (the campaign featured a second stage), the first being a 3–1 away win over Real Murcia, being instrumental to the Merengues' national title. He would remain in the Spanish capital until his retirement in 1997, aged 39. The local success Buyo met with Madrid (six leagues and two Copa del Rey) could not be translated into international accolades, as they kept being eliminated in European Cup competition. However, in his first season, he did have a memorable performance against Michel Platini's Juventus in the round of 16 of the 1986–87 edition: after the…

During Buyo's time at Deportivo, he was selected to the Spain under-21 team. He also represented the nation at the 1980 Summer Olympics, being eliminated in the first round. At full international level, Buyo was capped seven times and was part of the squad that finished runner-up at the UEFA Euro 1984. His debut came on 21 December 1983 in the historic 12–1 trouncing of Malta for the qualifying stage, in a match played in Seville.

Real Madrid

La Liga: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97 Copa del Rey: 1988–89, 1992–93 Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 Copa Iberoamericana: 1994 Spain

UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1984 Individual

Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1987–88, 1991–92