José Padrón Martín (5 May 1907 – 3 December 1966) was a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played for

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

and

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in Spain and various clubs in France.

Club career

A native of

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital city of the Canary Islands (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and the m ...

, the capital of

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and the co-capital of the

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, Padrón played five times for the Spain national team, scoring two goals. He made his début in a 5–0 victory against

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on 17 March 1929, scoring two goals. He won 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 ...

with Espanyol in 1928–29; he is listed in some sources as one of the goalscorers in the final, and in others as one of five players sent off (there is confusion between him and Francisco Tena in both respects). After leaving French team

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in 1937, he signed for

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

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, where he won the 1937–38 championship, playing just eight games and scoring two goals.

International career

He earned 5 caps for the Spain national team, making his debut on 17 March 1929, aged 19 years 10 months and 12 days, in a friendly against

, scoring two goals in a 5-0 win. He also was one of the eleven footballers that played for Spain in the infamous Spain v England football match on 15 May 1929.

International goals

:''Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Padrón goal.

Retirement

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, he served under

Raymond Dronne Capitaine Raymond Dronne (8 March 1908, in Mayet, France – 5 September 1991, in Paris) was a French civil servant and, following World War II, a politician. He was the second Allied officer to enter Paris as part of the liberation forces durin ...

as part of the

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, being part of the

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, the

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, and took part in the

Liberation of Paris The liberation of Paris () was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armisti ...

from the

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. He died in the

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (, ) is a charitable hospital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group and a teaching hospital of Sorbonne University. History The Salpêtrière ...

on 3 December 1966

Honours

Club

;

: *Winners (1) 1928-29

References

External links

La Liga profile

Profile
1906 births 1966 deaths Men's association football midfielders Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Las Palmas Spain men's international footballers Catalonia men's international guest footballers La Liga players RCD Espanyol footballers Sevilla FC players FC Barcelona players Olympique Alès players AS Cannes players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Red Star FC players Stade de Reims players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players OFC Charleville players 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-midfielder-stub