Cristóbal Martí Batalla (born 22 May 1903 – 28 July 1986) was a Spanish
football
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player and manager.
Career
Born in
Granollers
Granollers (; ) is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental.
Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from ...
,
Catalonia
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, Martí began playing football with
CE Sabadell FC before joining
FC Barcelona
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. He made more than 250 official appearances for Barcelona, winning
La Liga
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during the 1928–29 season.
After the 1932–33 season, Martí joined
RCD Espanyol where he played until the outbreak of the Spanish civil war.
International career
Martí made three appearances for the
Spain national football team
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during 1930 and 1931.
He also played for the
Catalonia national football team, and he was part of the team that won two
Prince of Asturias Cups (an inter-regional competition) in the 1920s, winning the competition in
1923-24 and in
1926. Martí scored the only goal in the semi-final of the 1923-24 edition against
Biscay
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before helping the Catalan team to beat a
Castile/Madrid XI in the final.
Managerial career
After he retired from playing, Martí became a football coach. He managed
Racing de Santander,
Real Oviedo and
RCD Mallorca
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.
Honours
Club
;FC Barcelona
*
Spanish Cup:
1925
Events January
* January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria.
* January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...
*
Catalan Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32
International
;Catalan XI
*''
Prince of Asturias Cup'':
1923-24 and
1926
References
1903 births
1986 deaths
Spanish men's footballers
Spain men's international footballers
CE Sabadell FC footballers
FC Barcelona players
RCD Espanyol footballers
La Liga players
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football wingers
Spanish football managers
Racing de Santander managers
Real Oviedo managers
RCD Mallorca managers
Footballers from Granollers
Catalonia men's international footballers
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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