Editing Emilio Butragueño (section)

==International career==
Butragueño earned 69 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]], and scored 26 goals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2020/05/01/reportajes/1588284569_032666.html|title=La 'Quinta del Buitre', de héroes a villanos|trans-title=The 'Vulture's Cohort', from heroes to villains|newspaper=[[Diario AS]]|first=Enrique|last=Ortego|language=es|date=1 May 2020|access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref> His debut came on 17 October 1984 against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in a [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifier]], and he closed the 3–0 win in [[Seville]].<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/butragueno-intlg.html|title=Emilio Butragueño – Goals in International Matches|publisher=RSSSF|first=José Luis|last=Pierrend|access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> He had already been picked as an [[Cap (sport)|uncapped]] player for the [[UEFA Euro 1984]] tournament, where his team finished runners-up.<ref name=RTVE>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20090624/se-cumplen-25-anos-final-eurocopa-francia-27-junio-1984/281982.shtml|title=Se cumplen 25 años de la final de la Eurocopa de Francia (27 de Junio de 1984)|trans-title=25th anniversary of the Eurocup final in France (27 June 1984)|publisher=[[RTVE]]|first=Jesús|last=Jiménez|language=es|date=24 June 2009|access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>

Butragueño was also selected for the 1986 World Cup where he played a major part,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/mundial/2016-05-21/espana-mundial-86-butragueno-mexico_1203991/|title=Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios|trans-title=From the ''falangista'' kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes|newspaper=[[El Confidencial]]|first=Alfredo|last=Pascual|language=es|date=21 May 2016|access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref> scoring four goals as Spain beat [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 5–1 in the [[Single-elimination tournament|round-of-16]] match.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1986/06/19/pagina-4/1134931/pdf.html|title=5–1: ¡Buitre, que grande eres!|trans-title=5–1: Vulture, you're so great!|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Andrés|last=Astruells|language=es|date=19 June 1986|access-date=2 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1927886.stm|title=Olsen's World Cup nightmare|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=13 April 2002|access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> He also took part in the [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990 edition]] in Italy, scoring no goals in four games.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1990/06/28/deportes/646524024_850215.html|title=La prensa italiana se ensaña con Butragueño por sus errores|trans-title=Italian press destroy Butragueño for his mistakes|newspaper=[[El País]]|language=es|date=28 June 1990|access-date=18 May 2023}}</ref>