Josep Sastre

Josep Sastre
	Sastre in the 1928–29 season
Personal information
Full name	Josep Sastre Perciba
Date of birth	25 June 1906
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Date of death	2 June 1962 (aged 55)
Place of death	Barcelona, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1922–1923	FC Gràcia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1923–1926	FC Gràcia
1926–1932	Barcelona
1932–1933	Espanyol
1933	Barcelona
1933–1934	EC Granollers
1934	Club Français
1934	CF Badalona
1934–1935	Terrassa FC
International career
1925-1933	Catalonia
1930	Spain
Managerial career
1950–1951	Girona
Medal record
Catalonia
Prince of Asturias Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josep Sastre Perciba (25 June 1906 – 2 June 1962) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. He was best known for his stint with Barcelona in the 1920s and 30s.

Club career

Born in Gràcia, he began his career at FC España, a club that in 1923 adopted the name FC Gràcia. His brilliant performances at FC Gràcia eventually drew the attention of Barcelona who signed him in 1926, with whom he played for the next 6 years, scoring 116 goals in 167 matches.^[1] In 1928, Sastre played in the infamous Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Real Sociedad at El Sardinero, a final that needed 3 matches to be decided because the first two ended in 1–1 draws. In the third match, Sastre scored in a 3–1 win that gave the title to Barça.^[2]^[3] Sastre scored the first ever goal in a Derbi barceloní, as Barcelona beat Espanyol 1–0 on 7 April 1929.^[4] He was part of the Barcelona team that won the first-ever La Liga title in 1929. He also helped the club win five Campionat de Catalunya, including three back-to-back title between 1929 and 1932.

In 1932 he signed for Espanyol, but was unable to play many games after undergoing a stomach surgery.^[5] Once he recovered, however, he returned to Barcelona in 1933, and once he resigned he moved to Granollers SC,^[6] to Club Français in Paris,^[7] CF Badalona and ended his career at Terrassa FC.^[8] After he retired, he coached several Catalan teams, including Girona.

International career

Sastre made one appearance with the Spain national football team in a 1–0 win over Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1930, scoring his side's game winning goal on his debut.^[9]^[10]

Like many other Barcelona players at the time, Sastre was summoned to play several matches for the Catalan national team during the 1920s and 1930s, however, due to the little statistical rigor that the newspapers had at that time, the exact amount of caps he earned and goals he scored is uncertain. Together with Paulino Alcántara, Josep Samitier and Ricardo Zamora, he was part of the great Catalan side of the twenties that won the last edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.^[11] On 15 May 1927, Sastre netted a hat-trick in a friendly against the Centro team (a Castile/Madrid XI) in a 3–0 win at Les Corts.^{[citation needed]} In the following game a month later, on 16 June, he went one better with four goals against a Brussels XI at the same venue.^[12]

Honours

Barcelona

La Liga:
- Champions (1): 1929
Copa del Rey:
- Champions (1): 1928
Campionat de Catalunya:
- Champions (5): 1926–27, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32

International

Catalonia XI

Prince of Asturias Cup:
- Champions (1): 1926

References

^ "FCBarcelona.cat". arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat.
^ "Spain - Cup 1928". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "1928 La final de los tres partidos" [1928 The final of the three matches]. copadelrey.rfef.es. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Historias de la Liga: Josep Sastre decidió el primer derbi entre Barcelona y Espanyol" [Josep Sastre decided the first derby between Barcelona and Espanyol]. Mundo Deportivo. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "¿Reaparecerá pronto José Sastre?" [Will José Sastre reappear soon?]. Mundo Deportivo. 15 February 1933. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Sastre firmó anoche por el Granollers" [Sastre signed last night for Granollers]. Mundo Deportivo. 23 September 1933. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Sastre ha regresado de París" [Sastre has returned from Paris]. Mundo Deportivo. 11 January 1934. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Sastre ficho ayer por el Tarrasa" [Sastre file yesterday by the Tarrasa]. Mundo Deportivo. 9 November 1934. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "España - Checoslovaquia (1 - 0) 01/01/1930". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Josep Sastre". eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Squad of Cataluña 1925–26 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Catalonia 9-0 Brussels" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo. 17 June 1927. Retrieved 15 July 2022.