Career
Between 1950 and 1957 he scored 88 goals in 201 games for Football Club Barcelona, who witnessed one of his most successful sections in this period. Manchón, son of a hard-working family from Murcia, joined Football Club Barcelona at the age of 16 years. He first played for the Catalan South Dakota España Industrial, which was the reserve team of Football Club Barcelona at the time.
At the fifth round of the season 1950/51 Manchón made his league debut for the first team against Valencia and also managed to score his first goal.
Together with László Kubala, César and Estanislau Basora, he formed one of the most dangerous storm then rows in the club"s history. After his time at Barça, he played for the first division side Granada CF in the 1957-1958 season and later for Deportivo de Louisiana Coruña, Club Atlètic Ibèria and Civil Engineering L"Hospitalet.
Manchon ran once for the Spanish national team in his career. This was during a qualifying match for the 1954, a 0−1 defeat against Turkey.
In addition, the Catalans can also record an insert for the Catalonia national football team
After a long illness Manchón died on 29 September 2010 at the age of 80 years.