Clemente Gràcia
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josep Bosch-Clemente Gràcia | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 1897 | ||
Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Date of death | 6 March 1981 | (aged 84)||
Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1917–19 | Espanyol | 19 | (13) |
1919–24 | Barcelona | 23 | (26) |
1924 | Terrassa | 17 | (7) |
1926 | Martinenc | ||
International career | |||
1919–1923 | Catalonia | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bosch Josep-Clemente Gràcia (5 February 1897 – 6 March 1981),
Club career
A native of Barcelona, Clemente Gràcia began his career at Terrassa FC. In the 1917–1918 season he was top scorer for RCD Espanyol, who undefeated won the Copa Catalunya. In 1919 with Ricardo Zamora, he left the club to join FC Barcelona. With Vicente Piera, Paulino Alcántara and Emili Sagi-Barba, he formed one of the best front considered Barcelona's history.[2]
His best season was 1921–1922, where he won the Copa Catalunya and the Copa del Rey, scoring one of five goals for his team in the final against Real Unión. That season he was the team's top scorer with 59 goals (35 goals in friendly matches, 19 in the Championship of Catalonia and 5 in the Championship of Spain) in 50 games, a record that still stands.[3]
He played for
Club stats
Club | Season | Friendly
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Cup | Regional championship | Totals | Ref. | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
RCD Espanyol | 1917–18 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 12 | [9] |
1918–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | [9] | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 16 | – | ||
FC Barcelona | 1919–20 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1920–21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | [9] | ||||
1921–22 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 59 | [9] | ||||
1922–23 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60 | [9] | ||||
1923–24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | [9] | ||||
Total | 131 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 170 | – | ||||
Terrassa FC | 1924–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | [9] |
1925–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | [9] | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 7 | – | ||
Career total | 131 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 58 | 201 | – |
International career
In 1920 he played several games with the
Honours
Barcelona
Death
Clemente Gràcia died in his native Barcelona at the age of 84.
References
- ^ "Climent Gracia :: Josep-Clemente Gracia Bosch ::". ogol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ El Mundo Deportivo(in Spanish). 7 March 1981. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Cifras records at FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ISBN 84-412-0126-9.
- El Mundo Deportivo. 9 June 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- El Mundo Deportivo. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- El Mundo Deportivo. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ^ "Obituary" (PDF). La Vanguardia. 3 August 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Clemente Gràcia at BDFutbol
- ISBN 84-922994-3-4.
- ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Retrieved 5 June 2022.