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El Cid was born in Salteras (Seville) on 10 March 1974. He made his debut with picadors in Salteras (Seville) on 6 February 1994. He took his alternativa in Las Ventas (Madrid) on 23 April 2000.
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- Birthplace
- Salteras (Seville)
Key career dates
Salteras (Seville)
Seville's Real Maestranza
Las Ventas (Madrid)
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20262026 season17 recorded appearances
Wins two ears at Guillena.
Takes part in the bullfight at Atarfe.
Takes part in the bullfight at Hellín.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Watch highlights of the bullfightTakes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Watch highlights of the bullfightTakes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Watch highlights of the bullfightTakes part in the bullfight at Sahagún.
Wins two ears at Alicante.
Wins one ear at Santander.
Wins one ear at Huesca.
Takes part in the bullfight at Vitigudino.
Wins three ears at Daimiel.
Wins two ears at Ceheguín.
Takes part in the bullfight at Albacete.
Wins two ears at Munera.
Wins two ears at Borgohondo.
Wins one ear at Jaén.
20252025 season8 recorded appearances
Season review15 corridas · 19 ears
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at San José del Valle.
Wins one ear at Algeciras.
Wins two ears at Valencia de Alcántara.
Wins two ears at Villacarrillo.
Wins one ear at Albacete.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza and is injured.
Wins three ears at Jaén.
20242024 season8 recorded appearances
Season review8 corridas · 11 ears
Wins two ears at Ayamonte.
Wins two ears and one tail at Alcalá de los Gazules.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Zaragoza.
Wins two ears at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Takes part in the bullfight at Écija.
Wins one ear at Zaragoza.
Wins two ears at Seville's Real Maestranza.
20232023 season4 recorded appearances
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Tarifa with the bull pardoned.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Guillena.
20222022 season1 recorded appearance
Wins one ear at Guijuelo.
20192019 season15 recorded appearances
Wins two ears and one tail at Gerena.
Wins one ear at Castellón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Antequera.
Takes part in the bullfight at Burgos.
Wins two ears at la Merced de Huelva.
Takes part in the bullfight at Íscar.
Takes part in the bullfight at La Malagueta.
Wins one ear at Bilbao.
Wins two ears at San Sebastián de los Reyes.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valladolid.
Takes part in the bullfight at Logroño.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Zaragoza.
20182018 season3 recorded appearances
Season review19 corridas
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Osuna.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
20172017 season3 recorded appearances
Wins one ear at Valdemorillo.
Wins one ear at Ciudad Rodrigo.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
20152015 season3 recorded appearances
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
20142014 season13 recorded appearances
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Zaragoza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Nîmes.
Wins three ears and one tail at Albacete.
Takes part in the bullfight at Granada.
Takes part in the bullfight at Burgos.
Takes part in the bullfight at Guadalajara.
Wins one ear at Dax.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
20132013 season13 recorded appearances
Wins two ears at Duitama (Colombia).
Takes part in the bullfight at Manizales.
Wins two ears at Medellín.
Wins two ears at Medellín.
Wins one ear at Castellón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at the real Maestraza de Seville.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Puertollano.
Takes part in the bullfight at Madrid.
Takes part in the bullfight at Madrid.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
20122012 season38 recorded appearances
Wins one ear at Castellón.
Wins two ears at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Jerez.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Nîmes (France).
Wins two ears at Zaragoza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins two ears at Torrejón de Ardoz la tarde del sábado.
Takes part in the bullfight at Burgos.
Wins one ear at Zamora.
Wins one ear at Soria.
Wins two ears at Arévalo (Ávila).
Takes part in the bullfight at Santander.
Wins one ear at Huelva.
Wins two ears at El Puerto de Santa María.
Wins two ears at Vitoria.
Wins two ears at Gijón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Dax.
Wins three ears at Ciudad Real.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Wins two ears at Sabiote.
Wins two ears at Tomelloso.
Wins two ears at Linares.
Wins two ears at Palencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Dax.
Wins three ears at Calatayud.
Wins three ears at Parla.
Takes part in the bullfight at Albacete.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Abarán.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Zaragoza.
Wins two ears at Chinchón.
20112011 season19 recorded appearances
Wins four ears at Manizales.
Wins three ears at Bogotá.
Wins four ears and one tail at Medellín (Col) with a bull pardoned.
Wins two ears at Bogotá.
Wins two ears at Vistalegre.
Wins two ears at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Castellón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Nîmes.
Takes part in the bullfight at Nîmes.
Wins one ear at Plasencia.
Wins one ear at Algeciras.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
20102010 season57 recorded appearances
Wins three ears at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Wins one ear at Ubrique.
Takes part in the bullfight at Málaga.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Jerez.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valdemoro.
Takes part in the bullfight at thes Ventas las.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Toledo.
Wins one ear at Torrejón de Ardoz.
Takes part in the bullfight at Alicante.
Wins two ears at Soria.
Wins one ear at Burgos.
Wins two ears and one tail at Almonte.
Wins one ear at Teruel.
Wins one ear at Pamplona.
Wins four ears at Manzanares.
Wins two ears at Calasparra.
Wins one ear at Vitora.
Takes part in the bullfight at El Puerto de Santa María.
Wins three ears at El Escorial.
Takes part in the bullfight at Huesca.
Takes part in the bullfight at Mallorca.
Wins three ears at Baeza.
Wins two ears at Dax.
Wins one ear at San Sebastián.
Takes part in the bullfight at Málaga.
Wins two ears at Ciudad Real.
Wins three ears at Antequera.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Wins one ear at Almería.
Wins two ears and one tail at San Sebastián de los Reyes with a bull pardoned.
Wins one ear at Palencia.
Wins two ears at Mérida.
Wins three ears at Puertollano.
Wins two ears at Santoña.
Takes part in the bullfight at Pozuelo de Alarcón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Albacete.
Wins two ears at Salamanca.
Wins three ears at Murcia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Nîmes.
Wins two ears at Guadalaraja (Esp).
Wins two ears at Logroño.
Takes part in the bullfight at Logroño.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at the Monumental de Barcelona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins four ears at Zafra.
Wins four ears at Hellín.
Wins three ears at Úbeda.
Wins three ears at Puertollano.
Wins one ear at Cali.
Wins one ear at Cali.
20092009 season41 recorded appearances
Takes part in the bullfight at Medellín.
Wins three ears and one tail at Ubrique with the bull pardoned.
Takes part in the bullfight at Castellón.
Takes part in the bullfight at Arlés.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Lucena.
Wins two ears at Jerez de la Frontera.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Granada.
Takes part in the bullfight at La Monumental de Barcelona.
Wins one ear at Algeciras.
Wins three ears at Burgos.
Wins three ears at Arévalo.
Takes part in the bullfight at Pamplona and is injured.
Wins two ears at San Fernando.
Wins three ears and one tail at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Wins two ears at Roquetas de Mar.
Wins one ear at Mont de Marsant.
Wins one ear at Santander.
Wins two ears at La Línea de la Concepción.
Wins one ear at Azpeitia.
Wins three ears at Huelva.
Takes part in the bullfight at Vitoria.
Wins three ears at Marbella.
Wins one ear at Huesca.
Takes part in the bullfight at San Sebastián.
Takes part in the bullfight at Málaga.
Takes part in the bullfight at Dax.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Wins two ears at Antequera.
Takes part in the bullfight at El Puerto de Santa María.
Wins two ears at Almería.
Wins one ear at Calahorra.
Wins one ear at Cuéllar.
Wins two ears at Santoña.
Wins one ear at Calatayud.
Takes part in the bullfight at Lima.
20082008 season71 recorded appearances
Wins two ears at Fuengirola.
Wins one ear at Castellón.
Wins three ears and one tail at Ubrique.
Wins one ear at Morón de la Frontera.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valencia.
Wins one ear at Arlés.
Wins one ear at la Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Almendralejo.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at the Monumental de Barcelona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Jerez de la Frontera.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins two ears at Trujillo.
Wins one ear at Nîmes.
Wins two ears at Palencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Talavera de la Reina.
Wins one ear at Osuna.
Wins two ears at Los Barrios.
Takes part in the bullfight at Granada.
Wins two ears and one tail at Sanlúcar de Barrameda with the bull pardoned.
Takes part in the bullfight at Córdoba.
Wins one ear at Las Ventas.
Wins three ears at Cáceres.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Ávila.
Wins two ears at La Muela.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Wins one ear at Muro.
Takes part in the bullfight at Alicante.
Wins one ear at León.
Wins one ear at Algeciras.
Wins two ears at Algeciras.
Wins one ear at Ciudad Real.
Wins one ear at Pamplona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Pamplona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Barcelona.
Wins one ear at La Línea.
Wins one ear at El Puerto de Santa María.
Takes part in the bullfight at Santander.
Wins one ear at Valencia.
Wins one ear at Tudela.
Wins two ears at Atarfe.
Wins three ears at Calasparra.
Wins one ear at Azpeitia.
Wins two ears at Huelva.
Wins one ear at Pontevedra.
Takes part in the bullfight at Vitoria.
Wins one ear at Vitoria.
Wins two ears at San Sebastián.
Wins two ears at Gijón.
Wins one ear at Dax.
Wins three ears at Motril.
Takes part in the bullfight at Málaga.
Takes part in the bullfight at Bilbao.
Wins one ear at Cuenca.
Takes part in the bullfight at Almería.
Wins four ears at San Sebastián de los Reyes.
Wins three ears at Bayona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Colmenar Viejo.
Wins two ears at Cuellar.
Takes part in the bullfight at Palencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Ejea de los Caballeros.
Wins two ears at Utiel.
Wins one ear at Santoña.
Wins one ear at Salamanca.
Wins one ear at Zaragoza.
Wins one ear at Fuengirola.
Wins one ear at Jaén.
20072007 season64 recorded appearances
Wins two ears at Pepino (Toledo).
Wins two ears at Villalba del Alcor (Huelva).
Wins two ears at Vistalegre.
Wins four ears at Cabra.
Wins two ears and one tail at Murcia.
Wins two ears and one tail at Cañada Rosal.
Wins two ears at Ubrique.
Wins two ears at Monóvar (Alicante).
Wins one ear at Valencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Castellón.
Wins one ear at La Real Maestranza de Seville.
Wins two ears and one tail at Castilblanco de los Arroyos.
Wins two ears at La Monumental de Barcelona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Zaragoza.
Takes part in the bullfight at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins two ears at Illescas.
Wins one ear at Valdemoro.
Takes part in the bullfight at Valladolid.
Takes part in the bullfight at Jerez de la Frontera.
Wins two ears at Los Barrios.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins one ear at Santisteban del Puerto.
Wins two ears at Quintanar de la Orden (Toledo).
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Wins three ears at Aranjuez.
Wins one ear at Granada.
Takes part in the bullfight at Plasencia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Las Ventas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Muela.
Wins two ears at Alicante.
Wins three ears at Algeciras.
Wins three ears at Cabra.
Wins one ear at Burgos.
Wins one ear at Soria.
Wins three ears at Teruel.
Wins three ears at Pamplona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Pamplona.
Wins one ear at Barcelona.
Takes part in the bullfight at Espartinas.
Takes part in the bullfight at Azpeitia.
Takes part in the bullfight at Moralzarzal.
Wins two ears at Palencia.
Wins three ears at Pozuelo de Alarcón.
Wins four ears and one tail at Alcázar de San Juan.
Takes part in the bullfight at Murcia.
Wins three ears at Navalcarnero.
Wins three ears at Villacarrillo.
Takes part in the bullfight at Salamanca.
Wins two ears at Valladolid.
Wins one ear at Albacete.
Wins three ears at Aranda de Duero.
Wins one ear at Vargas (Toledo).
Wins one ear at Logroño.
Takes part in the bullfight at Logroño.
Wins two ears at Talavera de la Reina.
Wins two ears at Lorca.
Wins one ear at Vera.
Wins one ear at Abarán.
Wins three ears at Pozoblanco.
Wins one ear at Seville's Real Maestranza.
Wins one ear at Úbeda.
Takes part in the bullfight at Zaragoza.
Wins one ear at Calanda.
Wins two ears at Jaén.
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