Salvador Sadurní Urpí (born 3 April 1941) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Sadurní was born in

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. After one season on loan to neighbours

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he returned to '' alma mater''

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, where he remained for the rest of his 16-year career. He appeared in nine games in his first season in

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, and engaged in a battle for first-choice status with José Manuel Pesudo in the following years, subsequently becoming the undisputed starter. In 1969, Sadurní lost his starting position to

Miguel Reina Miguel Reina Santos (born 21 January 1946) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 312 La Liga matches over 16 seasons, mainly in representation of Barcelona and Atlético Madrid (seven years apiece), winning six ...

, but regained it four years later after the latter left for Atlético Madrid. In the 1973–74 campaign he won the second of his third

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awards, as ''Barça'' won the national championship and finished with the best defensive record in the competition (just 24 goals conceded in 34 matches); he retired at the age of 35, after a

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against Stade de Reims.

International career

Sadurní earned ten

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for

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during six and a half years, his debut coming on 9 January 1963 in a friendly against

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held at the familiar Camp Nou (0–0). He was a backup for the national team at both the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place be ...

and 1964 European Nations' Cup tournaments, and his last appearance was on 25 June 1969, in a 0–2 loss in

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for the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.

Honours

Club

Barcelona *

: 1973–74 *

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: 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71 * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1965–66, 1971 Trophy Play-Off

International

Spain * European Nations' Cup:

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Individual

: 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75

References

External links

*
FC Barcelona profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadurni, Salvador 1941 births Living people People from Baix Penedès Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players FC Barcelona players CE Mataró players Spain men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1964 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players Catalonia men's international footballers