Armando Giralt

Armando Giralt
Personal information
Full name Armando Giralt Iduate
Date of birth (1885-03-23)23 March 1885
Place of birth La Habana, Captaincy General of Cuba, Cuba
Date of death 21 April 1948(1948-04-21) (aged 63)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1900 Sky Football club
1900–1903 Madrid FC
1903–1905 Club Español de Madrid
1905–1907 Madrid FC
1907–1910 Club Español de Madrid
1910–1912 RCD Espanyol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armando Giralt Iduate (23 March 1885 – 21 April 1948) was a Cuban-born Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Madrid FC, Club Español de Madrid and RCD Espanyol.[1] He was a member of some of the oldest football entities in Spain, such as Sky Football, Madrid Football Club and the Club Deportivo Español, being a founding member of the first two together with his older brothers José and Mario, who were also footballers.[2][3][4]

He is best known for scoring the very first competitive goal in the history of the Real Madrid team against Espanyol on 6 April 1903. He reached the final of the Copa del Rey numerous times with three different clubs, becoming over the years one of the footballers who added the most presences in finals, winning two of them.

  1. ^ "Armando Giralt Iduate - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ Tomás Guasch (27 December 1992). "A Catalan founded Real Madrid". Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Los 100 años del Real Madrid, uno a uno: 1902" [The 100 years of Real Madrid one by one: 1902] (in Spanish). Diario El Mundo. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "La primera junta directiva del Madrid Foot-ball Club" [The first Board of Directors of Madrid FC] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.