Joan Segarra Iracheta (15 November 1927 – 3 September 2008) was a Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He spent 16 seasons with
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...
between 1950 and 1964, in which he played 299 matches in
La Liga
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and served as the team's
captain
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for multiple years. He is ranked fifth among all players, by number of starts, in the history of Barcelona.
After retirement, Segarra stayed on as a youth team coach, eventually becoming first team assistant coach to
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán (; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentina, Argentine and naturalised France, French association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. He is best remembered for his success ...
.
Honours
;FC Barcelona
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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The Fairs Cup was the idea of FIFA vice-presid ...
:
1955–58,
1958–60
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Latin Cup
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: 1952
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Small Club World Cup: 1957
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Spanish League:
1951–52,
1952–53,
1958–59,
1959–60
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Spanish Cup: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63
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Eva Duarte Cup: 1952, 1953
References
External links
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National team data
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FC Barcelona profile
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1927 births
2008 deaths
Footballers from Barcelona
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
La Liga players
FC Barcelona players
Spain men's B international footballers
Spain men's international footballers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
Spanish football managers
UE Figueres managers
FC Barcelona Atlètic managers
Catalonia men's international footballers
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
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