Juan Armet de Castellví, nicknamed "Kinké" (30 June 1895 in

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– 5 October 1956 in Madrid) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward, and later a coach.

Club career

Born in

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, Kinké began to play football in 1911 with Universitary SC, featuring alongside the likes of

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. After 5 seasons with the club, he joined Espanyol in 1916, with whom he played for one year. At the end of the season, he was transferred to

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, with whom he played for the next ten seasons, retiring as a footballer in 1927 at the age of thirty-two.

International career

While a Espanyol player, he was eligible to play for the Catalonia national team, and in May 1916, he was part of the Catalan team that won the second edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in

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, an inter-regional competition organized by the

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. In the decisive game against a Castile/Madrid XI, Kinké scored two goals in an 2-2 draw that was enough for the Catalans to win the cup for the first time. When he joined

, he become eligible to play for the Andalusia national team, being in the line-up of the team's first-ever international match on 19 November 1922 against a Valencia XI, which was held at the Campo de Algirós as the quarter-finals of the

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, and they won 2-1 with Kinké being the author of the first goal in the team's history. But in the semi-finals, they were knocked out by Galicia after a 1-4 loss, with Kinké scoring the consolation goal. In the following campaign, Andalusia beat the Valencians in the quarter-finals again with Kinké scoring once in a 3-2 win, but then they were once again eliminated in the semi-finals, this time by the Castile/Madrid XI. Kinké is the all-time top goal scorer of the prince of Asturias Cup along with

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and

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, who also scored 6 goals in the competition.

Managerial career

Armet was the manager of

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since 1941 until September 1943. He also coached

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, Olímpica Jienense and

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Honours

International

;Catalonia Prince of Asturias Cup: *Champions (1):

Records

*All-time top goal scorer of the Prince of Asturias Cup with 6 goals.

References

1895 births Footballers from Terrassa Spanish men's footballers RCD Espanyol footballers Sevilla FC players Spanish football managers Valencia CF managers Real Betis managers Real Madrid CF managers Real Murcia CF managers CE Sabadell FC managers 1956 deaths Men's association football forwards Catalonia men's international footballers {{spain-footy-forward-stub