Salvador Sadurní

Salvador Sadurní
	Sadurní in 1975
Personal information
Full name	Salvador Sadurní Urpí
Date of birth	3 April 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth	L'Arboç, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1956–1957	Vendrell
1957–1960	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1976	Barcelona
1960–1961	→ Mataró (loan)
International career
1963–1969	Spain
1968–1971	Catalonia
Medal record
Representing Spain
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvador Sadurní Urpí (born 3 April 1941) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Sadurní was born in L'Arboç, Tarragona, Catalonia. After one season on loan to neighbours CE Mataró he returned to alma mater FC Barcelona, where he remained for the rest of his 16-year career. He appeared in nine games in his first season in La Liga, and engaged in a battle for first-choice status with José Manuel Pesudo in the following years, subsequently becoming the undisputed starter.^[1]

In 1969, Sadurní lost his starting position to Miguel Reina, but regained it four years later after the latter left for Atlético Madrid. In the 1973–74 campaign he won the second of his third Ricardo Zamora Trophy awards, as Barça won the national championship and finished with the best defensive record in the competition (just 24 goals conceded in 34 matches); he retired at the age of 35, after a testimonial match against Stade de Reims.

International career

Sadurní earned ten caps for Spain during six and a half years, his debut coming on 9 January 1963 in a friendly against France held at the familiar Camp Nou (0–0). He was a backup for the national team at both the 1962 FIFA World Cup and 1964 European Nations' Cup tournaments, and his last appearance was on 25 June 1969, in a 0–2 loss in Finland for the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.

Honours

Club

Barcelona

International

Spain

European Nations' Cup: 1964

Individual

Ricardo Zamora Trophy: 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75

References

^ "Sadurní: "Veo a Claudio Bravo como titular"" [Sadurní: "I see Claudio Bravo starting"] (in Spanish). Vavel. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

External links

Salvador Sadurní at BDFutbol
FC Barcelona profile
Salvador Sadurní at National-Football-Teams.com
Salvador Sadurní – FIFA competition record (archived)
Salvador Sadurní at EU-Football.info

[1] "Sadurní: "Veo a Claudio Bravo como titular"" [Sadurní: "I see Claudio Bravo starting"] (in Spanish). Vavel. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

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