Mariano Gonzalvo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mariano Gonzalvo Falcón | ||
Date of birth | 22 March 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Mollet del Vallès, Spain- | ||
Date of death | 7 April 2007 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Mollet | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Europa | |||
1940–1941 | Barcelona | ||
1941–1942 | Zaragoza | ||
1942–1955 | Barcelona | 208 | (26) |
1955–1956 | Lleida | 13 | (2) |
1956–1957 | Condal | 16 | (1) |
International career | |||
1947–1955 | Catalan XI | 3 | (0) |
1946–1954 | Spain | 16 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mariano Gonzalvo Falcón (22 March 1922 – 7 April 2007
Career
Club career
Born in Mollet del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Gonzalvo began his career a youth with his local team in Mollet, before joining CE Europa. He then signed for FC Barcelona but initially was unable to establish himself in the first team. He spent the 1941–42 season at Real Zaragoza, playing alongside his brother Juli, and helped them gain promotion to La Liga after they finished as runners-up in the Segunda División. He returned to FC Barcelona and made his Primera División debut on 13 December 1942 in a 4–2 away defeat against Sevilla FC. Over the next thirteen seasons he was a prominent member of a very successful Barcelona team, playing 331 games and scoring 56 goals in all competitions.[3]
Together with a team that included, among others
International career
Between 1946 and 1954 Gonzalvo also played 16 times for
Honours
FC Barcelona
- Spanish Champions (5): 1945, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1953
- Copa del Generalísimo(3): 1951, 1952, 1953
- Copa Latina: 1949
- Copa de Oro Argentina/Copa Eva Duarte (4): 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953
- Copa Martini Rossi (2): 1952, 1953
Real Zaragoza
- Segunda División runners-up: 1942
References
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Marià Gonzalvo (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ SPORT. "Barça - Todas las noticias del FC Barcelona". Sport.es. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ^ "Galería de Internacionales: Mariano Gonzalvo Falcon" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. August 9, 1988. p. 25.