Zafer dilek el cordobes biography
Zafer dilek el cordobes biography
El cordobes matador!
El Cordobés
Spanish bullfighter
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Benítez and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
El Cordobés on 19 September | |
Birthname | Manuel Benítez Pérez |
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Nickname | El Cordobés (The Cordovan) |
Nationality | Spanish |
Born | () 4 May (age88) Palma del Río, Andalusia, Spain |
Position | Matador, actor, bullfighter |
Manuel Benítez Pérez (born 4 May ), more commonly known as El Cordobés (The Cordovan), is a Spanish bullfighter, matador, and actor active in the s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring.[1][2]
Career
One of the original techniques practiced by El Cordobés was first shown at Anjucar.
He waved his banderilla (Columpio) away, broke his banderillas down to 'pencil length', and standing with his back to the bull as it charged, moved his right leg out moments before the bull was upon him, causing the bull to swerve and all