José Berdié Places (1887 – 31 January 1931), sometimes written as Verdié, was a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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for

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

and

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 ...

. He won two

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titles with the latter.

Club career

Born in

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, he joined the first team of Ibèric FC during the 1903-04 season, featuring alongside the likes of

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and

Santiago Massana Santiago Massana Urgellés (5 June 1889 – Unknown), nicknamed Tiago, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his height, which he imposed on his opponents. His brother, Alfredo Massana, was also a footballer. C ...

, and they also were teammates at

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and

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. He helped the former win the Catalan championship three times in a row between 1906 and 1908. In 1909, the club was effectively relaunched as the

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, the name which still stands today. He remained loyal to the club until 1911, when his regular good performances drew the attention of

, who signed him in 1911. He was a member of the legendary Barcelona team of the early 1910s that also included the likes of

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and

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, which won back-to-back

titles in

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and

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. In the latter final, Barcelona needed three games to beat

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, and Berdié scored in the third game (2-1) to help the Catalans win the title. He also helped the Catalan club win two

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s titles in 1912 and 1913 and one Catalan Championships in 1912–13. He played for Barcelona until he retired in 1914.

International career

Like many other

players of that time, he played several matches for the Catalan national team in the early 1910s, scoring once. On 24 July 1910, Massana went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who played in Catalonia's first-ever international game (although not recognized by

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), which ended in a 1-3 loss to a Paris XI.

Honours

Club

;

Catalan championship: *Champions (3): 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08 ;

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* Catalan championships **Champions (1): 1912–13 *

: **Champions (2):

and

: **Champions (2): 1912 and 1913

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berdié, José 1887 births 1931 deaths People from La Litera Sportspeople from the Province of Huesca Footballers from Aragon Spanish footballers Association football midfielders RCD Espanyol footballers FC Barcelona players Catalonia international footballers