{{Short description|Spanish footballer (1931–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Avelino Chaves |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Avelino Chaves Couto |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|1|26|df=y}} |birth_place = Verín, Spain |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|1|10|1931|1|26|df=y}} |death_place = Zaragoza, Spain |height = |position = Forward |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1948–1950 |clubs1 = Valladolid |caps1 = 12 |goals1 = 5 |years2 = 1950–1952 |clubs2 = Granada |caps2 = 31 |goals2 = 18 |years3 = 1952–1958 |clubs3 = Zaragoza |caps3 = 74 |goals3 = 39 |totalcaps = 117 |totalgoals = 62 }} '''Avelino Chaves Couto''' (26 January 1931 – 10 January 2021) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.
==Career== Born in Verín, Chaves played for Valladolid, Granada and Zaragoza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j10101.html|title=Chaves, Avelino Chaves Couto - Footballer|website=www.bdfutbol.com}}</ref> He was the top scorer in the Segunda División during the 1954–55 season.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/real-zaragoza/2021/01/10/fallece-avelino-chaves-personaje-clave-en-la-historia-del-real-zaragoza-1414183.html|title=Fallece Avelino Chaves, personaje clave en la historia del Real Zaragoza|first=Heraldo de|last=Aragón|website=heraldo.es}}</ref> He retired from playing in 1958, having suffered a knee injury in 1956.<ref name="auto"/>
He worked at Zaragoza after retiring from playing, working as their 'sporting director' until 1996, spending a total of 44 years with the club.<ref name="auto"/>
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