Carlos Padrós Rubió, also known as Carles Padrós Rubió (9 November 1870 – 30 December 1950) was a Spanish

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and

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pioneer who was the 3rd President of Real Madrid. He was a member of the Spanish

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until its dissolution in 1931. Padrós was a founding member of

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and later served as club President between January 1904 and 1908, succeeding his brother

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.Carlos Padros
Real Madrid C.F. Retrieved 12 February 2010. He was also the driving force behind the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

and refereed the first ever final.

Biography

Shop Owner

Padrós and his brother

were born into a Catalan family living in

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. Together they owned a shop on the Calle Alcalá. Conflicting sources say it was either a fashionable women’s boutique called ''El Capricho'' or a cloth business called ''El Encanto''. The two brothers also became involved in the emerging football scene in the city. In 1902 the backroom of their shop became the first club premises of ''Madrid FC'' and Juan was elected the president of the club that later became

Copa del Rey

In 1902, Carlos became president of the ''Federación Madrileña de Foot-Ball'' and while in this post he suggested a football competition to celebrate the coronation of

Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...

. This competition eventually evolved into the

. It was first played for in

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and four other teams,

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, Club Español de Fútbol, Club Vizcaya and ''New Foot-Ball de Madrid'', joined ''Madrid FC'' in the first competition. In the final, refereed by Carlos, Club Vizcaya beat Barcelona 2-1.

Real Madrid President

In January 1904, Padrós succeeded Juan as President of Real Madrid. On 23 October he arranged the club's first game against a non-Spanish team. The opponents were French club Gallia Club of Paris, who in 1905 became champions of France. The game, which ended as a 1-1 draw, was arrange to celebrate the visit of French president,

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. During his presidency the club also won the

four times in a row between 1905 and 1908. In 1908, Padrós was succeeded as club president by Adolfo Meléndez and on 13 April he was elected honorary president for life.

References

External links

Copa del Rey Referee
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