{"id":117436,"date":"2026-04-28T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/moncho-monsalve-basketball-legend-passes-away-he-coached-the-dominican-republic-and-brazil\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:36:48","slug":"moncho-monsalve-basketball-legend-passes-away-he-coached-the-dominican-republic-and-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/moncho-monsalve-basketball-legend-passes-away-he-coached-the-dominican-republic-and-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Moncho Monsalve, basketball legend, passes away: He coached the Dominican Republic and Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moncho Monsalve, Spanish basketball legend, passes away<\/h2>\n\n\nMadrid \u2013 The Spanish basketball world mourns the loss of Moncho Monsalve, an emblematic figure as a player and coach, who passed away at the age of 81. The news has been confirmed by various sources, including the Real Madrid Players Association, a club where he left an indelible mark.\n\nMonsalve, a name synonymous with dedication and success, conquered multiple titles throughout his career. With Real Madrid, he won three European Cups and three leagues, demonstrating his worth in every match.\n\nHis impact transcended the club&#8217;s boundaries. Monsalve represented Spain in 61 matches, participating in the European championships of Poland 1963, USSR 1965 and Finland 1967, as well as the 1966 World Cup in Chile. He retired as a player in 1972, marking the beginning of a successful stage as a coach.\n\nError en el proceso de traducci\u00f3n\n\nError en el proceso de traducci\u00f3n\n\nError en el proceso de traducci\u00f3n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moncho Monsalve, Spanish basketball legend, passes away Madrid \u2013 The Spanish basketball world mourns the loss of Moncho Monsalve, an emblematic figure as a player and coach, who passed away at the age of 81. The news has been confirmed by various sources, including the Real Madrid Players Association, a club where he left an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[389,718,12610,254],"class_list":{"0":"post-117436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-coach","10":"tag-moncho-monsalve","11":"tag-real-madrid"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}