Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano was a

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who played as a striker for

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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

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titles between 1905 and 1908, playing in all the finals and remarkably, netting in three of them, including the winning goals in the finals of

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and 1907 and a brace in the

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. After retiring he become a referee and he was also an entrepreneur and owner of the family business called Confitería Prast, a confectionery founded by his father and which he took care of together with his brothers. Although history seems to have blurred the legend of Prast, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Madrid FC, being one of the main architects of the team's football power in the 1900s and being the club's all-time top scorer at the time of his retirement in 1914, before being surpassed by several of his contemporaries such as Santiago Bernabéu.

Playing career

After being constantly linked to the neighboring society of the

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, on whose board of directors was his brother Carlos, the future mayor of

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, he was instead one of the first members of the (Society) Madrid Football Club. He was one of the main architects behind the team's football power in the 1900s, and was also one of the club's first goalscoring figures, becoming its all-time top scorer. He remained loyal to the club until he retired in 1914. He was a member of the historic

side of the 1900s, which also included

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. Prast scored 8 goals in the

, the most important of which coming in the 1905 Copa del Rey Final when he netted the only goal of the match to assure the first title in the club's history. He also scored in the 1906 Copa del Rey Final (twice) and again the only goal of the 1907 Copa del Rey Final, thus contributing decisively in Madrid's four Copa del Rey titles in a row. In the same way, and being the tournament that gave access to the national cup, he won a total of five regional championships in the central region. He won a total of nine official titles during his career. He also played one match for

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in 1909.

Refereeing career

After retiring, Prast became a football referee, being among the 5 men who formed the College of Referees of the Central Regional Federation, which was the first College of Referees in

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. He and

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, among others, were the members of its constitution on 15 April 1914, with Prast being elected as the College's first president. 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

. In fact, he came to referee the decisive tiebreaker match of the 1913 Copa del Rey Final (FEF) between Racing Club de Irún and Athletic Club, which ended in a 1-0 victory to Irun.

Honours

Real Madrid

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: **Champions (5): 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1912–13. *

: **Champions (4):

, 1907 and 1908.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20200113112940/http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/jugad4.htm 1886 births 1973 deaths Spanish footballers Spanish referees and umpires Footballers from Madrid Real Madrid CF players Association football forwards {{Spain-footy-forward-stub