 Other than his two main positions, he was also deployed as a makeshift forward.Pirri played the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final with his arm in a cast, and the decisive game of the 1974 Copa del Rey with fever and a broken clavicle.For his services to Real Madrid, he was only one of two players to have the "Laureada" being bestowed upon him by president Santiago Bernabéu – the other being Gregorio Benito.