Miguel Garrobé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Garrobé Fargas | ||
| Birth name | Miquel Garrobé i Fargas | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1954 (aged 49-50) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1923 | Júpiter | ||
| 1923–1924 | Europa | ||
| 1924–1928 | Valencia | ||
| 1928–1929 | Extremeño | ||
| 1929–1930 | Gimnástica de Torrelavega | ||
| International career | |||
| 1923–1924 | Catalonia | 2 | (0) |
| 1927 | Spain B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1949 | Badajoz | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Garrobé Fargas (10 June 1904 – 1954) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Valencia and the Spanish national B team in the late 1920s.
Club career
[edit]Born in the Catalonian town of Barcelona on 10 June 1904,[1][2] Garrobé began his football career at his hometown club Júpiter in 1921,[3] with whom he played for two years, until 1923,[4] when he joined Europa, where he quickly stood out as a great defender who possessed a good head game and a defensive anticipation ability that was ahead of his time.[1]
After the season, Valencia signed Garrobé, along with Benito Roca and Francisco Reyes, who thus became the club's first professional Catalan footballers.[1] At Mestalla, he formed a great defensive partnership with Reyes, a former teammate at Júpiter, which played a crucial role in helping Valencia win a three-peat of Valencia Championships between 1925 and 1927.[1] In 1928, however, he began to decline, being often outpaced by his opponents, so he was released at the end of the season.[1] Due to his ease at carrying the ball and subsequent offensive ability, he was sometimes fielded as a left winger in some friendlies on a trial basis.[1]
After leaving Valencia, Garrobé signed for Extremeño, where he worked as a player-coach.[5] In 1929, he joined Gimnástica de Torrelavega, where he retired in 1930, aged only 26.[1]
International career
[edit]As a Júpiter player, Garrobé was eligible to play for the Catalan national team; together with FC Barcelona's Emili Sagi-Barba, Josep Samitier and Ricardo Zamora, he was part of the Catalan side that participated in the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF,[6] starting in the quarter-finals against Gipuzkoa (2–1),[7] and in the semifinals against Biscay (1–0), both at Les Corts, but then missing the final, which was won by Barça.[8]
On 29 May 1927, Garrobé earned his first (and only) international cap for Spain B, in a friendly against Portugal's A side held at the Metropolitano, helping his side to a 2–0 win.[9]
Later life and death
[edit]Garrobé briefly worked as a Manager, guiding Badajoz in the 1948–49 season.[10] He died in 1954, at the age of either 49 or 50.[10]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Valencia CF
- Valencia Championship:
- Champions (3) 1925, 1926, 1927
International
[edit]- Catalonia
- Prince of Asturias Cup:
- Champion (1): 1923–24
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Ficha de jugador: Miguel Garrobé" [Player profile: Miguel Garrobé]. www.ciberche.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Garrobé, Miguel Garrobé Fargas - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Otro empate" [Another tie]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 October 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "El próximo domingo empieza... (peu de foto)" [El próximo domingo empieza... (photo caption)]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 October 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Garrobé jugador y entrenador del Deportivo Extremeño" [Garrobé player and coach of Deportivo Extremeño]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Squad of Cataluña 1923-24 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "La Jornada Deportiva" [The Sports Day]. hemerotecadigital.bne.es (in Spanish). 27 November 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Las selecciones de Cataluña y del Centro son las que se disputarán en definitiva la supremacia nacional" [The Catalan and Central teams are the ones that will ultimately compete for national supremacy]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 January 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "España - Portugal (2 - 0) 29/05/1927". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Garrobé, Miguel Garrobé Fargas - Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Miguel Garrobé at WorldFootball.net
- 1904 births
- 1954 deaths
- Sportspeople from Barcelona
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Spain men's B international footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Gimnástica de Torrelavega footballers
- La Liga players
- Spanish football managers
- CD Badajoz managers
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen