Joan Segarra

Joan Segarra Iracheta (15 November 1927 – 3 September 2008) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He spent 16 seasons with FC Barcelona between 1950 and 1964, in which he played 299 matches in La Liga and served as the team's captain for multiple years. He is ranked fifth among all players, by number of starts, in the history of Barcelona.

Joan Segarra

Personal information
Full name	Joan Segarra Iracheta
Date of birth	(1927-11-15)15 November 1927
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Date of death	3 September 2008(2008-09-03) (aged 80)
Place of death	Taradell, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sansense
	San Pol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Vilafranca
1949–1964	Barcelona	299	(17)
International career
1953–1955	Spain B	3	(0)
1951–1962	Spain	25	(0)
1954–1958	Catalan XI	3	(0)
Managerial career
1972–1973	Vilafranca
1973–1974	Figueres
1974–1975	Vic
1975–1976	Mahonés
1977–1979	Barcelona B (assistant)
1979–1980	Barcelona B
1980–1981	Barcelona (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Segarra and the second or maternal family name is Iracheta; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

After retirement, Segarra stayed on as a youth team coach, eventually becoming first team assistant coach to Helenio Herrera.

Honours

FC Barcelona

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1955–58, 1958–60
• Latin Cup: 1952
• Small Club World Cup: 1957
• Spanish League: 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60
• Spanish Cup: 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63
• Eva Duarte Cup: 1952, 1953

External links

• Joan Segarra at BDFutbol
• National team data (in Spanish)
• Joan Segarra at National-Football-Teams.com
• FC Barcelona web profile
• FC Barcelona profile
• FC Barcelona archives (in Spanish)
• Joan Segarra – FIFA competition record (archived)