Jacinto Quincoces
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Jacinto Francisco Fernández de Quincoces y López de Arbina (Barakaldo
Barakaldo
Barakaldo , is a municipality in the Basque Country in Spain. It is located in the Biscay province, administratively included in the "Basque Autonomous Community", on the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao.Barakaldo is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area , and its official population...

, 17 July 1905 — Valencia, 10 May 1997) was a Spanish
Spain
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 football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player and manager, as well as President of the Valencian Pilota Federation
Valencian Pilota Federation
The Valencian Pilota Federation is the Valencian public organization that promotes and manages the many varieties and competitions of the Valencian pilota sport. Its current president is Ramón Sedeño Clemente....

.

He played 25 matches for the Spain national football team
Spain national football team
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 from 1928 to 1936, and was part of Spain's 1934 FIFA World Cup
1934 FIFA World Cup
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934....

 team. He was Spain's national coach in 1945, taking charge for two matches.

Management career

  • Real Zaragoza
    Real Zaragoza
    Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...

     - 1942 - 1943, 1956 - 1958
  • Spain national football team
    Spain national football team
    The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

     - 1945
  • Real Madrid
    Real Madrid
    Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

     - 1945 - 1946, 1947 - 1948
  • Valencia CF
    Valencia CF
    Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

     - 1948 - 1954, 1958 - 1960
  • Atlético Madrid - 1954 - 1955

President of the FPV

Since Quincoces was a Basque pelota pala player before of being a football professional, when his career finished, he was chosen by the Francoist authorities as the President of the Valencian Pilota Federation
Valencian Pilota Federation
The Valencian Pilota Federation is the Valencian public organization that promotes and manages the many varieties and competitions of the Valencian pilota sport. Its current president is Ramón Sedeño Clemente....

, believing that Basque and Valencian handball
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....

 sports were the very same. Quincoces declared to the press several times that he was unwilling of this task, but while he was in charge (last 60s and first 70s) he promoted new measures that resulted in profit for the Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....

, such as the beginning of the Youth Championships, compulsory for the trinquets
Valencian trinquet
Valencian trinquet, or simply trinquet , is the court used in the Valencian Community for two different modalities of Valencian pilota: the Escala i corda and the Raspall.- Court :...

 that wanted to host professionals tournaments, this was the way pilotaris
Valencian pilotaris
This is a list of relevant Valencian pilotaris, that is, players of Valencian pilota.This list is ordered by varieties, but it should be taken into account that the only two professional modalities are Escala i corda and Raspall...

 as Genovés I and Xatet de Carlet began.
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