Daniel Jarque González (1 January 1983 – 8 August 2009) was a Spanish professional
footballer who played as a
central defender and
spent his entire career with
Espanyol. He was named
team captain one month before his death from a heart attack at the age of 26.
Club career
Born in
Barcelona,
Catalonia, and a product of local
RCD Espanyol's youth system, Jarque made his
La Liga debut with his hometown club on 20 October 2002, in a match against
Recreativo de Huelva in
2002–03. After only 15 appearances over two seasons, he went on to become a defensive mainstay for a team that
won the 2006 edition of the
Copa del Rey.
On 18 September 2005, he scored the game's only goal to help the hosts defeat
Real Madrid
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In
2006–07, after renewing his contract until 2009, Jarque appeared in 14
UEFA Cup games as Espanyol
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the
final, lost on
penalties
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to
Sevilla FC.
In the
previous league campaign, he contributed four league goals as the ''Pericos'' finished 15th.
Jarque relieved
Raúl Tamudo of his
captain
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duties at the start of
2009–10.
Death and tributes
According to several online Spanish newspapers, Jarque was found dead during Espanyol's pre-season, in
Coverciano,
Florence, Italy. On 8 August 2009, he was on the phone with his girlfriend in the team hotel when he suffered a
heart attack. Some other news sources say that Jarque's girlfriend, who was seven months into her pregnancy, reported his absence to his roommate
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[
On 15 August 2009, ]Arsenal
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player Cesc Fàbregas, a former teammate of Jarque in the Spain under-21 side, dedicated his second goal in his team's 6–1 Premier League win at Everton to him by raising a shirt with his name and number (#21, which he wore mainly as a professional). The homage was again paid the following month – as Espanyol won the first match at their new Estadi Cornellà-El Prat
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– against Málaga CF
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– by 2–1 scorer Iván Alonso, as Jarque's pregnant girlfriend was also giving birth to the couple's daughter.
On 11 July 2010, Jarque's close friend Andrés Iniesta celebrated his 116th-minute winner in the FIFA World Cup final
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by removing his jersey to reveal an undershirt with the sentence "Dani Jarque siempre con nosotros" ("Dani Jarque, always with us"). Two years later, after Spain won UEFA Euro 2012, Fàbregas again donned a T-shirt during the trophy celebrations to remember his death.
The Espanyol training ground and B-team stadium was also renamed in Jarque's memory.
Honours
Espanyol
* Copa del Rey: 2005–06[
* UEFA Cup runner-up: 2006–07][
*]Supercopa de España
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runner-up: 2006
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* Copa Catalunya runner-up: 2007
Spain U-19
* UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2002
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See also
* List of one-club men
* List of footballers who died while playing
References
External links
*
Espanyol archives
*
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1983 births
2009 deaths
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
RCD Espanyol B footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
Spain youth international footballers
Spain under-21 international footballers
Catalonia international footballers