Juan Acuña Naya, born 14 February 1923 in A Coruña

A Coruña

A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...

, an died in the same city in 30 August 2001; was a former 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...

 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper (football)

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Biography

He spent nearly all his career in Deportivo de la Coruña. He played his first game with Deportivo in Ferroll in 1938. Next year he signed for Deportivo with a salary of 300 pesetas per month.

He suffered lots of problemas because of his injuries and his overweight. He is the second goalkeeper with most Zamora Trophies just after Ramallets.

In 1961 he was offered a tribute match between Deportivo and CD Ourense

CD Ourense

Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952, it plays in Tercera División - Group 1, holding home games at Estadio O Couto, which has a capacity of 5,625....

. In 1990 Deportivo create a Trophy with his name.