Juan López (footballer, born 1892) explained

Juan López
Fullname:Juan López Turró
Birth Date:9 May 1892
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Death Date:Unknown
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:1905–1919
Years1:1909–1917
Years2:1917–1918
Clubs2:Universitary SC
Years3:1918–1922
Years4:1922
Clubs4:FC Santboià
Nationalyears1:1915–1918
Nationalteam1:Catalonia
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0
Medaltemplates:[1]

Juan López Turró (9 May 1892 in Barcelona – unknown) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward.[2] Short and thin, he stood out for his effective play, having little formality to put the ball in the back of the net. His best years were in the second half of the 1910s, where he was an undisputed starter at Espanyol and a regular with the Catalan national team.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, he began to play football at the youth ranks of Espanyol in 1905, reaching the first team in 1909, where he played for 8 seasons, featuring alongside Ricardo Zamora in his last season at the club, and being pivotal in helping Espanyol reach the 1915 Copa del Rey Final, which they lost 0-5 to Athletic Bilbao.[3] He then joined Universitary SC in 1917,[4] with whom he played for just one year, returning to Espanyol at the end of the season in 1918, for whom he played until 1922.[2]

He rarely went to the playing field unless there was a game, meaning he almost never trained, which wasn't uncommon in those times, but despite that, he became one of the most emblematic players of his time.[2]

International career

Being a Espanyol player, he was summoned to play for the Catalonia national team several times, and in May 1916, he was a member of the Catalan team that won the second edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in 1916, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[5]

Honours

Club

EspanyolCopa del Rey
  • International

    CataloniaPrince of Asturias Cup
  • Notes and References

    1. Web site: La Copa Príncipe de Asturias . The Prince of Asturias Cup . es . . Vicente Martínez Calatrava . 17 August 2009 . 28 June 2022 . 14 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414023118/http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2009/09/la-copa-principe-de-asturias/ . live .
    2. Web site: Juan LÓPEZ Turró . es . periquito.cat . 28 June 2022 . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831102204/http://periquito.cat/html/zlopez-15.html . live .
    3. Web site: Spain - Cup 1915 . . 20 January 2000 . 28 June 2022 . 7 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207050118/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1915.html . live .
    4. Web site: …valiosos refuerzos de Santiago Massana, Ventura, López (Turró), Arribas y algún otro… . …valuable reinforcements of Santiago Massana, Ventura, López (Turró), Arribas and some others… . es . hemerotecadigital.bne.es . 3 January 1918 . 28 June 2022 . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831102153/http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0003883436&page=10&search=Ventura&lang=ca . live .
    5. Web site: Squad of Cataluña 1916 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias . www.bdfutbol.com . 28 June 2022 . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627184102/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=939&club=Catalu%C3%B1a . live .