Domingo Queralt (1898 in

Vigo Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Penins ...

- 1932) was a Spanish

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who played as a

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. He was part of the first-ever team fielded by

Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues ...

in 1923.

Club career

Born in

, he began his career at his hometown club Sporting de Vigo, where he played alongside the likes of Luis Otero, Moncho Gil and Ramón González, all of which being members of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the

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. He played for them until 1923, when it was merged with Fortuna de Vigo to form

. Queralt played in the last match that was held between these two rivals on 11 March 1923, which Sporting won 1–0, courtesy of a goal from González. The presentation match of Celta de Vigo was held at Coia on 16 September 1923, in a meeting between an A and a B team formed with the players from the club, taking advantage of the large team available that they had, and Queralt was one of the 11 footballers that lined-up for the B team. Queralt played in all matches in Celta's first-ever Galician Championship title in 1923-24, before helping the club to a further two titles in the following two seasons, before retiring in 1927.

International career

Being a player of

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, he was summoned to play for the Galicia national team, and he was one of the eleven footballers that played in the team's first-ever game on 19 November 1922, a 4-1 win over a Castile/Madrid XI in the quarter-finals of the

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, an inter-regional

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organized by the

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. Queralt also played in the

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, where they were beaten 1-3 by Asturias national team, courtesy of a second-half brace from

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Honours

Club

; Sporting de Vigo Galician Championship: *Winners (1) 1922-23 ;

Galician Championship: *Winners (3) 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26

International

;Galicia

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: *Runner-up (1): 1922-23

References

1898 births 1932 deaths Footballers from Pontevedra Spanish footballers Association football midfielders RC Celta de Vigo players {{Spain-footy-midfielder-stub