José Giralt Iduate (March 1884 – 24 January 1960), also known as Patache Giralt, was a Cuban-born Spanish

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who played as a defender and

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for Madrid FC, Club Español de Madrid and

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. He was a member of some of the oldest football entities in Spain, such as Sky Football, Madrid Football Club and the Club Deportivo Español, being a founding member of the first two. His brothers,

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and Armando, also played for Madrid FC, with José and the latter being the most renowned and well-known, in fact, they pretty much followed the same sporting path until their retirement. He reached the final of the

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numerous times with three different clubs, becoming over the years one of the footballers who added the most presences in finals, winning two of them.

Biography

José was born in

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, in

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, when the country was under the sovereignty of the

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. They moved to

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when he and his brothers were still young. In Madrid, he was part of the Sky Foot-ball club, the first club that existed in the capital, however, in 1900, a conflict between Sky Football members caused some of them to leave (including the Giralts) and create a new club, Madrid Football Club, currently known as

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, with the official creation of the club being held on 6 March 1902 in the back room of Al Capricho, a meeting in which the Giralt brothers were present, and they become members of the first Board of Directors of Madrid FC presided by Juan Padrós. He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed Madrid FC, playing as a

. Together with Arthur Johnson,

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, Federico Revuelto, Antonio Neyra and his two brothers, Mario and Armando, he was part of the historic Madrid team that played in the first-ever

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, playing alongside his two brothers in the

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, where they were beaten 2–3 by Athletic Club. After becoming one of the defensive pillars of the white club, a convulsive situation arose within the entity due to differences regarding the direction the club should take, and this conflict caused the departure of several of its founding members, including the Giralt brothers and Antonio Neyra, who left Madrid FC in October 1903 to refound Club Español de Madrid, a club founded in 1901, but who had collapsed in the summer. Español de Madrid won the 1903–04 Campeonato Regional Centro, hence qualifying to the 1904 Copa del Rey, which ended in controversy as they were unable to participate in the

, meaning Athletic were declared winners again. After two years with Español de Madrid, he and Armando returned to Madrid FC in 1905, and they played an important role in the club's triumphant

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and

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Copa del Rey campaigns, featuring alongside his brother in both finals. In 1907, he and José headed back to Español de Madrid, and with them, he reached back-to-back Copa del Rey finals ( 1909 and

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) again, but unlike in Madrid, both finals ended in losses, despite a goal from José in the 1909 final against Club Ciclista. In 1910, the two Giralt brothers and Antonio Neyra joined

, and they once again proved their quality by reaching yet another cup final, which José missed likely due to injury. In the following season, he helped Espanyol beat

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to win the 1911–12 Catalan Championship. He retired in 1912.

Honours

Club

Club Español de Madrid * Centro Championship: **Champions (1): 1903–04 *

: **Runner-up (3):

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, 1909 and

- Madrid FC * Centro Championship: **Champions (1): 1905–06 and 1906–07 *

: **Champions (2):

and

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**Runner-up (1):

* Catalan Championship **Champions (1): 1911–12 *

: **Runner-up (1):

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Giralt, José 1884 births 1960 deaths Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Real Madrid CF players RCD Espanyol footballers Footballers from Havana Footballers from Madrid Cuban men's footballers Cuban emigrants to Spain 20th-century Cuban people

Biography

Honours

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