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Josep Samitier
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Spanish football player and manager (1902–1972)
Key facts
- 1936
- Atlético Madrid
- 1942
- Nice
- Full name
- José Enrique Ignacio Samitier Vilalta
- Date of birth
- ( 1902-02-02 ) 2 February 1902
- Place of birth
- Barcelona , Spain
- Date of death
- 4 May 1972 (1972-05-04) (aged 70)
- Place of death
- Barcelona, Spain
- Position
- Forward
- 1914 1916
- Internacional
- Years
- Team
- 1917 1919
- FC Internacional
- 1919 1932
- Barcelona
- 1932 1934
- Real Madrid
- 1936 1939
- Nice
- 1920 1936
- Catalan XI
- 1920 1931
- Spain
- 1944 1947
- Barcelona
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 1920 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Image
- Josep Samitier.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-02-02
- date of death
- 1972-05-05
- pseudonym
- L'home llagosta
- Commons category
- José Samitier
- coach of sports team
- OGC Nice
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- birth name
- Josep Samitier Vilalta
- name in native language
- Josep Samitier
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Encyclopedic overview
Josep Samitier Vilalta ( Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛp səmitiˈe]; 2 February 1902 – 4 May 1972), also known as José Samitier, was a Spanish football player, manager and scout who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI, and Spain. He later coached Atlético Madrid, Nice and Barcelona and worked as a scout for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.
During his playing career with Barcelona, Samitier scored 187 official goals and was the club's all-time highest goalscorer at the time of his retirement. As of 2020, he is the club's fifth all-time top goalscorer behind Luis Suárez, László Kubala, César, and Lionel Messi. As a player, Samitier pioneered the midfield general role and was nicknamed Surrealista (The Surrealist) and Home Llagosta (The Grasshopper Man) due to his style.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josep Samitier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.