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Juan Pellicer
Juan Pellicer Palau (21 February 1901 - 29 January 1956) was a Spanish Association football, footballer who played as a Association football positions#Winger, right winger for CE Europa. Club career Born in Catalonia, he began playing football with CE Europa in 1917. Along with the likes of Cándido Mauricio, Mauricio, Manuel Cros, Cros and Antonio Alcázar, Alcázar, he was part of the attacking front of the great CE Europa side of the twenties, that won the Catalan football championship, Catalan Championship in 1923 after beating FC Barcelona, Barcelona 1-0 in a play-off title-decider, and reached the 1923 Copa del Rey Final, where they were beaten 0-1 by Athletic Bilbao, courtesy of a goal from Travieso (footballer), Travieso. International career Between 1917 and 1930 he played at least 8 games and scored at least 2 goals for the Catalonia national football team, Catalan XI. However, records from the era do not always include accurate statistics and he may have played and sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Other theories suggest: *''Catalunya'' derives from the term "land of castles", having evolved from the term ''castlà'' or ''castlan'', the medieval term for a castellan (a ruler of a castle). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
