Josep EscolÃ
Josep Escolà Segalés ( born August 28, 1914 in Barcelona, † March 7, 1998 ) was a Spanish footballer and coach. The well-known especially for his fair play striker spent the greatest time of his playing career at FC Barcelona.
Career
Escolà made his league debut for FC Barcelona on December 2, 1934 in a 4-0 over Arenas Club de Getxo, where he scored the last goal. By 1936 he was able to twice win the Catalan Championship and once to move into the final of the Spanish Cup, where 1936 Real Madrid defeated with 1:2. In 1936 civil war broke out in Spain, and the league play was interrupted until 1939. In 1937 he traveled with the team of the FC Barcelona for fund-raising in the United States. Once there Barça won a tournament in New York, only a few players of FC Barcelona traveled actually back to Barcelona, but went into exile. Escolà as his teammate Balmanya 1937 joined the French club FC Sète. After two years, when the Civil War was over, Escolà could return to FC Barcelona. Until his career end of 1948 he won with Barca still twice the Spanish championship. With a total of 118 goals in official matches for FC Barcelona, he is in eighth place of the list of top scorers of the club.
Achievements
- Spanish Champion: 1945, 1948
- Spanish Cup winner: 1942
- Copa de Oro Argentina: 1945
- Copa Eva Duarte: 1948
- Catalan Championships: 1935, 1936, 1938