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Cristóbal Martí Batalla (born 22 May 1903 – 28 July 1986) was a Spanish
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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 Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Martí began playing football with CE Sabadell FC before joining
FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
. He made more than 250 official appearances for Barcelona, winning
La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...
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
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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
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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 Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...
.


Honours


Club

;FC Barcelona * Spanish Cup:
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* Catalan Champions: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32


International

;Catalan XI *'' Prince of Asturias Cup'': 1923-24 and 1926


References

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