Paco Sanz (footballer, born 1972)

Born in Madrid, Sanz played youth football with Real Madrid. A brief loan in Chile with Unión Española notwithstanding, and scoring his only goal on 2 October in another home fixture that concluded with the same result, against CA Marbella. In the summer of 1995, Sanz signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo. He played his first match in the competition on 3 September, featuring 77 minutes in the 1–0 loss at Real Zaragoza. From there onwards, Sanz could hardly ever get a game at his next teams, Racing de Santander and RCD Mallorca. Consequently, he retired at the age of 27, later referring to himself in an interview conducted by daily newspaper El País as a "bad player". ==Later life==

After retiring, Sanz worked in the hospitality industry in Madrid. Previous to that, he was the president of Granada CF. In July 2009, Sanz was ordered by a court of law to pay €229 for assaulting Carlos Tomás Romero in April, when both worked in directorial capacities at Granada. ==Personal life==

Sanz's younger brother, Fernando, was also a footballer. Both were sons of Lorenzo Sanz, president of Real Madrid in the late 90s. On 26 March 2020, shortly after his father had died due to coronavirus, the former was admitted to the Vithas Nisa Pardo de Aravaca Hospital in Madrid after testing positive. ==References==