Joan Segarra Iracheta (15 November 1927 – 3 September 2008) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He spent 16 seasons with
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded ...
between 1950 and 1964, in which he played 299 matches in
La Liga
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and served as the team's
captain
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for multiple years. He is ranked fifth among all players, by number of starts, in the history of Barcelona.
After retirement, Segarra stayed on as a youth team coach, eventually becoming first team assistant coach to
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán (; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentine, naturalized French, football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success with the Inter Milan team known as ''Grande Inter'' in the 1960s.
During ...
.
Honours
;FC Barcelona
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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European Association football, football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecess ...
:
1955–58,
1958–60
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Latin Cup
The Latin Cup was an international football tournament for club sides from the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. In 1949 the football federations came together and requested FIFA to launch the competition. Europ ...
: 1952
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Small Club World Cup
The Small Club World Cup ( es, Pequeña Copa del Mundo) was a football tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1975 (with some journalists considering 1952–57 the period of greatest relevance, and the second period that took place between ...
: 1957
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Spanish League:
1951–52,
1952–53,
1958–59,
1959–60
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Spanish Cup
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63
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Eva Duarte Cup: 1952, 1953
References
External links
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National team data
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FC Barcelona profile
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1927 births
2008 deaths
Footballers from Barcelona
Spanish footballers
Association football defenders
La Liga players
FC Barcelona players
Spain B international footballers
Spain international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Spanish football managers
UE Figueres managers
FC Barcelona Atlètic managers
Catalonia international footballers
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