11 Shots — Season 1, Episode 5: The Tiger Killed by ETA

Episode synopsis

The story of former Real Sociedad player José Antonio Santamaría, the only footballer to be killed by a terrorist group. “El Tigre” was said to be a ringleader of a drug trafficking network and to be in bed with the Guardia Civil's anti-terrorist groups.

About 11 Shots

Football is the greatest show on earth. Every country talks about the show and fame of the players, the money, parties, luxuries… But behind this universe a darker one is hidden: murders, rapes, suicides, fights, kidnappings and crimes of all kinds. Stories that seem like a movie, but that are real and take place in all corners of the world. And now, finally, we are going to know them. The time has come to enter the darker side of this sport, the side B that the fan is unaware of. Who would be able to kill a football player? 11 SHOTS FC gives you the answer.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Maradona and The Tentacles of The Mafia
• E2Maradona and The Curse of The Golden Ball
• E3Aitor Zabaleta, Killed on The Front Line
• E4Cruyff and Quini, Kidnappings and Football
• E6Sito For President
• E7Murdered For Refereeing
• E8Sebas, License to Kill
• E9Narco's Football Crimes
• E10The Brazilian O.J. Simpson
• E11Sex, Lies and Death in Sao Paulo