Mario Giralt Iduate (1882 - Unknown) was a Cuban-born Spanish

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who played as a

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for

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. He was a member of some of the oldest football entities in Spain, such as Sky Football, Madrid Football Club and the

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, being a founding member of the first two together with his older brothers

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and Armando, who both had memorable careers.

Biography

Mario was born in

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, Captaincy General of Cuba, in

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, when the country was under the sovereignty of the

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. They moved to

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when he and his brothers were still young. In Madrid, he was part of the Sky Foot-ball club, the first club that existed in the capital, however, in 1900, a conflict between Sky Football members caused some of them to leave (including the Giralts) and create a new club, Madrid Football Club, currently known as

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, with the official creation of the club being held on 6 March 1902 in the back room of Al Capricho, a meeting in which the Giralts were present, and they become members of the first Board of Directors of Madrid FC presided by

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. He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed

, playing as a

. Mario was part of the historic Madrid team; which also included Arthur Johnson,

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and his two brothers, José and Armando; that played in the first-ever

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in 1903, playing alongside his two brothers in the

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, where they were beaten 2-3 by Athletic Club. Following a conflict within the white club that caused the departure of several of its founding members, among whom the Giralt brothers and

, they refounded

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, a club founded in 1901, but who had collapsed in the summer. It was in this club where the news of his sports activity was interrupted, suggesting he retired no long after joining Español de Madrid, thus hanging up his boots considerably sooner than his two younger brothers.

Honours

Club

* Centro Championship: **Champions (1): 1903–04 *

: **Runner-up (1): 1904

: **Runner-up (1): 1903

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giralt, José 1882 births Year of death missing Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Real Madrid CF players Sportspeople from Havana Footballers from Madrid Cuban men's footballers Emigrants from Spanish Cuba to Spain

Biography

Honours

Club

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