José Manuel Kindelán Duany (8 October 1887 – 9 November 1919) 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 defender for

RCD 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 Sociedad Gimnástica.

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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as a child, and enventually joined

Club Español de Madrid Club Español de Madrid was a Spanish football club based in Madrid. The club was originally formed in 1901 after a conflict between Sky Football members caused some of them to leave and create a new club. Español de Madrid collapsed in the summ ...

in 1908, helping the club win its first piece of silverware, the 1908–09 Centro Championship, and then reached the

1909 Copa del Rey Final The 1909 Copa del Rey Final was the 7th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at Campo de O'Donnell in Madrid on 8 April 1909. The match was won by Club Ciclista, who beat Español de Madrid 3–1. The Cicl ...

, which they lost 1-3 to

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. His great campaign with Español earned him a move to Sociedad Gimnástica in 1909, featuring alongside the likes of

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and

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. Kindelán once again played an important role in the first piece of silverware of a club, this time contributing to Gimnástica winning the 1909–10 Centro Championship, and again in 1910–11 and 1913–14. 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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. Kindelán remained loyal to the club until 1915, when he left for

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, with whom he played for just one year before retiring at the end of the 1915–16 season. After retiring, Kindelán became a football referee, being among those who formed the College of Referees of the Central Regional Federation, which was the first College of Referees in

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. Together with the likes of

Manuel Prast Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano was a footballer who played as a striker for Madrid FC between 1904–1908 and 1912–1914. He was a historical member of Madrid FC, playing a pivotal role in Madrid's four back-to-back Copa del Rey titles betwee ...

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and

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, he was a member of the College's first constitution on 15 April 1914. However, he resigned from the position just a few weeks later, on 9 May, to become one of the first category referees, and whose most important task was to referee the matches of the Central Championship, and if available, the

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):

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kindelán, José Manuel 1887 births 1919 deaths Footballers from Madrid Footballers from Cádiz Spanish footballers Association football defenders Atlético Madrid footballers