Marañón

Born in Olite, Navarre, Marañón arrived in the Real Madrid youth system at the age of 19, making his professional debut with Ontinyent CF in the Segunda División, on loan (a similar move occurred in the following season with Sporting de Gijón). He joined Real's first team permanently in 1970, but never imposed himself at the club during his four-year spell, appearing in a maximum of 19 La Liga games in the 1973–74 campaign. Marañón's sporting fate changed in summer 1974, as he signed with RCD Español. After two slow seasons, he would never score in single digits again, also playing European competition with the Catalan side, being awarded captaincy and reaching the national team. Marañón retired in 1985 at the age of 37, seeing out his career at neighbouring CE Sabadell FC and helping them to promote to the second tier in his debut campaign. He was Español's top scorer in the main division with a total of 111 goals; his record would stand for 24 years until another club legend, Raúl Tamudo, broke it on 9 June 2007 in a 2–2 away draw against FC Barcelona.

Capping off his best season at Español – 22 goals, good enough for joint-second behind Valencia CF's Mario Kempes, as the team nearly qualified for Europe– Marañón made his debut for Spain, appearing in a 1–1 friendly with Hungary in Alicante on 27 March 1977. Subsequently, he was included in the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad but did not play in the finals, earning four caps in one year.

Sporting Gijón

Segunda División: 1969–70 Real Madrid

La Liga: 1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo: 1973–74 Sabadell

Segunda División B: 1983–84