Joaquim Carril
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Carril de Monasterio | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Puigcerdà, Province of Girona, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 2 April 1948 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900–1905 | RCD Espanyol | ||
| 1905–1908 | X Sporting Club | ||
| 1908–1909 | RCD Espanyol | ||
| International career | |||
| 1904–1906 | Catalonia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joaquim Carril de Monasterio (23 January 1884 – 2 April 1948) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for RCD Espanyol.[1] He later worked as a referee[2] He was a defender who did not cower at all in front of the strikers.[3]
Playing career[edit]
RCD Espanyol[edit]
Joaquim Carril was born on 23 January 1884 in Puigcerdà, Province of Girona, but it was in Barcelona where he began to play football. In 1900, the 16-year-old Carril, together with Ángel Rodríguez and other young university students, founded the Sociedad Española, now known as RCD Espanyol, and despite his tender age, he was named the club's first-ever captain.[3][4] Together with Ángel Ponz, Luciano Lizárraga, Telesforo Álvarez, and club founders Octavi Aballí and Rodríguez, he represented Espanyol in the very first Spanish club to win an official title, the 1900–01 Copa Macaya, which was the first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula.[5] He also played in the following two editions of the competition, winning the third edition in 1902–03, the club's first-ever piece of silverware. In total, he played 12 matches in the Copa Macaya.[3][4]
Carril then helped Español win the first edition of the Campionat de Catalunya in 1903–04.[4] He remained loyal to the club until 1905, when Español had to suspend its activities due to a lack of players since most of them were university students who enrolled to study at universities outside Catalonia in the 1905–06 academic year.[6] Most of the remaining players, including him, Ángel Ponz, and goalkeeper Pedro Gibert, joined the ranks of X Sporting Club.[3]
X Sporting Club[edit]
Together with Gibert, Ponz, and the Massana brothers (Santiago and Alfredo), Carril helped X win the Catalan championship three times in a row between 1906 and 1908.[6] Due to his serious and energetic character as well as being a great connoisseur of the rules of football, he was chosen as team captain.[3] In January 1909, Espanyol was effectively relaunched as the Club Deportivo Español, the name which still stands today.[6] In the 1908–09 season, he only played friendly matches with Español before deciding to hang up his boots.[3]
International career[edit]
In 1902 and 1903, Carril played several matches for the Barcelona City Team.[7]
On 13 April 1904, Carril made his debut for Catalan national team, only its second-ever match, which ended in a 2–3 loss to Sportsmen's Club. In the following month, on 29 May, Carril played for Espanyol against Catalonia, helping his side to a 4–1 victory.[8]
On 17 January 1905, Carril earned another cap for Catalonia against the Sportsmen's Club at Espanyol's field, the Hospital Clínic, featuring in defense alongside Miguel Morris as the match finished with an unknown score.[9] On 13 May 1906, he played for Catalonia against Madrid FC at the Barça field, helping his side to a 5–2 win.
Honours[edit]
RCD Espanyol
- Copa Macaya:
- Champions: 1902–03
- Copa Barcelona:
- Runner-up: 1902–03
- Catalan Championships:
- Champions: 1903–04
- Catalan Championships:
- Winners (3) 1905–06, 1906–07 and 1907–08
References[edit]
- ^ "Joaquim Carril de Monasterio - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Joaquim Carril de Monasterio - Referee". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Luciano Lizárraga Goenaga". periquito.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Joaquín CARRIL". hallofameperico.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Primera edición de la Copa Macaya Enero-Abril 1901" [First edition of the Macaya Cup January-April 1901] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Despejando la ecuación: el papel del Club X en la fundación del RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (1902 – 1909)" [Clearing the equation: the role of Club X in the founding of RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (1902 – 1909)]. CIHEFE. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "La selección de Barcelona y el primer intento de un campeonato de España de regiones" [The Barcelona team and the first attempt at a regional Spanish championship] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Tots els partits de la Selecció Catalana de futbol" [All the matches of the Catalan national football team]. www.seleccions.cat (in Spanish). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Notas de sport" [Sports notes]. hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 17 January 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 29 February 2024.