 Born in Ceuta, Pirri signed with Real Madrid in 1964 as a 19-year-old, from Segunda División club Granada CF who received 200 million pesetas.He made his debut with the former on 8 November of that year as a replacement for suspended Ferenc Puskás, in a 4–1 home win against FC Barcelona; late in the same month he scored the first of his 123 goals in La Liga, contributing to a 2–0 home victory over Deportivo de La Coruña also at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.During his tenure for Real, Pirri won ten national championships, netting in double digits in five of those seasons including a career-best 13 goals in 1975–76.