Josep Seguer Sans (6 May 1923 – 1 January 2014) was a Spanish

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defender and

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Playing career

Born in

Parets del Vallès Parets del Vallès is a municipality situated 23 km north of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain, in the south-west of the comarca of Vallès Oriental, and 7 km from its capital Granollers. It covers an area of 8,98 km², and has approx. ...

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, Seguer played 14

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seasons with

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, becoming a senior in 1942 and being immediately loaned to neighbours

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. During his spell with his main club he appeared in 470 games all competitions comprised, scoring 133 goals and being part of the ''Cinc Copes'' (Five Cups) squads, dubbed as such due to the five titles won during the 1952–53 campaign, including the

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. Seguer won four caps for

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, all in 1952. He made his debut on 1 June in a 6–0

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win against the

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, in

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. He closed out his career in 1961 at 38 after player-coach spells with

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and

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, the latter side in his native region.

Coaching career

In 1961, Seguer became a full-time manager, his first job being with the amateur teams of Barcelona. For the following two decades he worked at every level of Spanish football, coaching professionally with Betis,

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, Barcelona, FC Barcelona B and Terrassa FC. With the ''Blaugranas main squad, Seguer acted as

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between

Salvador Artigas Salvador Artigas Sahún (23 February 1913, Barcelona, Spain – 6 September 1997, Benidorm, Spain) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He was also manager for FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and FC Sevilla. During the Spanish civil war, was a pi ...

and English Vic Buckingham, being in charge for 13 official matches and winning six including his last, 1–0 at home over

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on 28 December 1969.

Death

Seguer died on 1 January 2014 in Reus,

Province of Tarragona Tarragona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lérida and Barcelona and by the Mediterranean Sea. The province's p ...

. He was 90 years old.

Honours

Barcelona *

: 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53 *

Copa del Generalísimo 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 footbal ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

, 1952–53 * Copa Eva Duarte: 1945, 1948, 1952, 1953 * Latin Cup: 1949, 1952 Betis *

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: 1957–58

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