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{{Short description|Spanish footballer (1926–2012)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Estanislau Basora
| image = Estanislau_Basora.jpg
| caption = 
| fullname = Estanislau Basora Brunet
| birth_date= {{birth date|1926|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Colonia Valls, [[Spain]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|03|16|1926|11|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Las Palmas]], Spain
| height = {{Height|m=1.68|precision=0}}
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]], [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Colonia Valls
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = {{ill|CE Súria|lt=Súria|ca|Centre d'Esports Súria}}
| years1 = 1943–1946 | clubs1 = [[CE Manresa|Manresa]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1946–1958 | clubs2 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | caps2 = 237 | goals2 = 89
| years3 = 1955–1956 | clubs3 = → [[UE Lleida|Lleida]] (loan) | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 6
| totalcaps = 253 | totalgoals = 95
| nationalyears1 = 1949 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain B national football team|Spain B]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1949–1957 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]] | nationalcaps2 = 22 | nationalgoals2 = 13
| nationalyears3 = 1948–1958 | nationalteam3 = [[Catalonia national football team|Catalan XI]] 
| nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals3 = 2
}}
{{family name hatnote|Basora|Brunet|lang=Spanish}}
'''Estanislau Basora Brunet''' (also '''Estanislao'''; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]] or [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]].

Most of his 15-year career was spent at [[FC Barcelona]] for which he appeared in more than 300 official games, surpassing the 100-goal mark and winning 14 major titles.

A [[Spain national football team|Spanish international]] in the late 1940s/early 1950s, Basora represented the nation at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]].

==Club career==
Born in Colonia Valls, [[Province of Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], Basora joined local and [[La Liga]] giants [[FC Barcelona]] in 1946, from neighbouring [[CE Manresa]]. He made his league debut on 22 September in a 1–1 home draw against [[Celta de Vigo]], but finished [[1946–47 La Liga|his first season]] with only three appearances for the club.

In the following years, however, Basora was an undisputed starter, winning four titles from 1947 to 1949, including two national championships to which he contributed with 20 goals in 51 games combined under coach [[Enrique Fernández Viola|Enrique Fernández]]. He was part of a legendary offensive line which also included [[César Rodríguez Álvarez|César]], [[László Kubala]], [[Eduardo Manchón]], [[Mariano Martín]] and [[Tomás Hernández|Moreno]], and scored the opening goal in the [[1949 Latin Cup|1949]] [[Latin Cup]] final, a 2–1 victory over [[Sporting Clube de Portugal]].

In the [[1951–52 La Liga|1951–52 season]], Basora was an essential offensive unit as ''Barça'' won five titles.<ref>[http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/3827777/03/12/Muere-Estanislau-Basora-mitico-exdelantero-del-FC-Barcelona.html Muere Estanislau Basora, mítico exdelantero del FC Barcelona (Estanislau Basora, legendary ex-FC Barcelona forward, dies)]; El Economista, 16 March 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.laopinion.es/deportes/2012/03/17/muere-basora-delantero-gran-barca-5-copas/402823.html Muere Basora, delantero del gran Barça de las 5 Copas (Basora, forward of great ''5 Cups Barça'', dies)]; La Opinión, 17 March 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref> He scored eight in 27 matches in the league, and also found the net in [[1952 Copa del Rey|the campaign]]'s [[Copa del Rey|Copa del Generalísimo]] final, a 4–2 win against [[Valencia CF]]. He also spent one of his twelve years with the team on loan to another outfit in the region, [[UE Lleida]], retiring in 1959 at nearly 33 years of age with official totals for his main club of 301 games and 113 goals; in 1974, during Barcelona's 75th anniversary celebrations, he was included in their all-time best XI.

==International career==
During eight years, Basora played 22 games and scored 13 goals for [[Spain national football team|Spain]].<ref name=RSSSF>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/basora-intl.html Estanislao Basora – International Appearances]; at [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]</ref> On 12 June 1949 he netted on his debut, a 4–1 win against the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. A week later, in another [[Exhibition game|friendly]], he scored a [[hat-trick]] within fifteen minutes against [[France national football team|France]] at the [[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir|Stade de Colombes]], being subsequently dubbed by the French press "The Monster of Colombes".<ref name="FIFA">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120318234743/http://es.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=1601316.html Fallece el mítico Basora (Legendary Basora dies)]; FIFA.com, 16 March 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref>

Basora represented the nation at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] in Brazil, forming a formidable offensive partnership with [[Telmo Zarra]]. In the opening game against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], Spain were 0–1 down with ten minutes to go before Basora scored twice inside a minute – Zarra then added a third for the final 3–1.

In the second group game Spain beat [[Chile national football team|Chile]] 2–0, with both players again on target. The side then confirmed its place in the next stage with a 1–0 win against [[England national football team|England]], with Zarra heading in a Basora cross; the second group stage started against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], and he found the net twice to help the team come from behind 0–1, but the South Americans eventually tied it 2–2 and the national team lost the following two games.<ref name="FIFA"/>

Between 1948 and 1958 Basora also played five games for the [[Catalonia national football team|Catalan XI]], scoring twice. On 26 January 1955, he appeared alongside Kubala and guest player [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] in a game against [[Bologna FC 1909]] at the ''[[Camp de Les Corts]]''.

===International goals===
<ref name=RSSSF/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|+
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 12 June 1949 || [[Dalymount Park]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]] || {{fb|IRL}} || 1–'''2''' || 1–4 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || rowspan="3" | 19 June 1949 || rowspan="3" | [[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir|Colombes]], [[Paris]], [[France]] || rowspan="3" | {{fb|FRA}} || 0–'''1''' || rowspan="3" | 1–5 || rowspan="3" | Friendly
|-
| 3. || 0–'''2''' 
|-
| 4. || 0–'''3''' 
|-
| 5. || 2 April 1950 || [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Nuevo Chamartín]], [[Madrid]], Spain || {{fb|POR}} || '''2'''–0 || 5–1 || [[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification#Group 6|1950 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6. || 25 June 1950 || [[Estádio Vila Capanema|Durival de Britto]], [[Curitiba]], [[Brazil]] || {{fb|USA}} || '''2'''–1 || 3–1 || [[1950 FIFA World Cup#Group 2|1950 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 7. || 29 June 1950 || [[Estádio do Maracanã|Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil || {{fb|CHI}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–0 || 1950 FIFA World Cup
|-
| 8. || rowspan="2" | 9 July 1950 || rowspan="2" | [[Estádio do Pacaembu|Pacaembu]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil || rowspan="2" | {{fb|URU}} || 1–'''1''' || rowspan="2" | 2–2 || rowspan="2" | [[1950 FIFA World Cup#Final round|1950 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 9. || 1–'''2''' 
|-
| 10. || rowspan="2" | 1 June 1952 || rowspan="2" | Nuevo Chamartín, Madrid, Spain || rowspan="2" | {{fb|IRL}} || '''4'''–0 || rowspan="2" | 6–0 || rowspan="2" | Friendly
|-
| 11. 
|'''6'''–0
|-
| 12. || rowspan="2" | 16 May 1957 || rowspan="2" | Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain || rowspan="2" | {{fb|SCO}} || '''3'''–0 || rowspan="2" | 4–1 || rowspan="2" | [[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification#UEFA Group 9|1958 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 13. || '''4'''–1 
|}

==Personal life / Death==
Basora's younger brother, Joaquín, was also a footballer. Often referred to as Basora II, the forward represented, in the top division, [[CD Condal]] and [[Sporting de Gijón]].<ref>[http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j9689.html Basora II]; at BDFutbol</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20121209122154/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada09-10/10/n091029107517.html Barça brothers]; FC Barcelona, 29 October 2009</ref>

On 16 March 2012, days after having suffered a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]], Basora died at the University Hospital of [[Las Palmas]]. He was 85 years old.<ref>[http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20120316/mundo-barsa/fallece-basora-legendario-delantero-barca_54270168350.html Fallece Estanislao Basora, legendario jugador del Barça (Estanislao Basora, legendary Barça player, dies)]; [[Mundo Deportivo (newspaper)|Mundo Deportivo]], 16 March 2012 {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Barcelona
*[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]: [[1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1955–58]]
*[[La Liga]]: [[1947–48 La Liga|1947–48]], [[1948–49 La Liga|1948–49]], [[1951–52 La Liga|1951–52]], [[1952–53 La Liga|1952–53]]
*[[Copa del Rey|Copa del Generalísimo]]: [[1951 Copa del Generalísimo|1951]], [[1952 Copa del Generalísimo|1952]], [[1952–53 Copa del Generalísimo|1952–53]], [[1957 Copa del Generalísimo|1957]]
*[[Latin Cup]]: [[1949 Latin Cup|1949]], [[1952 Latin Cup|1952]]
*[[Copa Eva Duarte]]: 1948, 1952, 1953
*[[Small Club World Cup]]: 1957

==References==
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==External links==
* {{BDFutbol|9633}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311040456/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/club/history/detail/card/estanislau-basora FC Barcelona profile]
* {{NFT player|id=18308}}
* {{FIFA player|46285}}

{{Spain squad 1950 FIFA World Cup}}

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