José Carruana Gálvez (1890 - Unknown) was a Spanish

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who played as a defender for

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and Sociedad Gimnástica.

Club career

Born in

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, Carruana began his career aged just 18, in 1908, at his hometown club

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, playing a pivotal role in the club's first piece of silverware, the 1908–09 Centro Championship, and then helped Español reach the

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, which they lost 1-3 to

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. In 1909, He moved to

, and played for them for one season. His great displays earned him a move to RS Gimnástica in 1910, featuring alongside the likes of José Manuel Kindelán and

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. At Gimnástica, Carruana did not lose his way, as he once again played an important role in the first piece of silverware of a club, this time being the 1909–10 Centro Championship, winning it again in 1910–11. In 1912, he helped Gimnástica reach which still remains the only

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final in the club's history, which they lost 0-2 to

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. He was then signed by

, but his spell in

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only lasted one season, before returning to Madrid and Gimnástica, winning yet another Centro Championship in 1913–14.

International career

Being a Sociedad Gimnástica player, he was eligible to play for the Madrid national team. He was a member of the Madrid side that participated in the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in 1915, an inter-regional competition organized by the

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. Carruana was also a member of the Madrid team that participated in the following edition, in which they finished as runner-ups to

Honours

Club

;

* Centro Championship: **Champions (1): 1908–09 *

: **Runner-up (1):

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- ; RS Gimnástica * Centro Championship: **Champions (3): 1909–10, 1910–11 and 1913–14 *

: **Runner-up (1):

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International

; Madrid XI * Prince of Asturias Cup: **Runner-ups (1):

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

References

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