Date of birth 1897 Date of death March 6, 1981 Playing position Role Footballer | Place of birth Barcelona, Spain Place of death Barcelona, Spain Name Clemente Gracia Position Forward | |
Full name Josep Bosch-Clemente Gracia Died March 6, 1981, Barcelona, Spain | ||
Bosch Josep-Clemente Gracia known as Grace (1897—6 March 1981) was a Spanish Catalan footballer who played as a forward and out as header during a career which lasted from 1917 to 1926. In the midst of his years (1919–26) as a member of FC Barcelona, he achieved a record, during the 1921–22 season, which has remained unbroken into 2010 — the most goals (59) scored by a player in a season.
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Career
A native of Barcelona, Clemente Gracia began his career at Terrassa FC. In the 1917-1918 season he was top scorer for RCD Espanyol, who undefeated won the Copa Catalunya. In 1919 with Ricardo Zamora, he left the club to join FC Barcelona. With Vicente Piera, Paulino Alcantara and Emilio Sagi Barba, he formed one of the best front considered Barcelona's history.
His best season was 1921-1922, where he won the Copa Catalunya and the Copa del Rey, scoring one of five goals for his team in the final against Real Union. That season he was the team's top scorer with 59 goals (35 goals in friendly matches, 19 in the Championship of Catalonia and 5 in the Championship of Spain) in 50 games, a record that still stands.
He played for FC Barcelona for five years, and won five Copa Catalunya: 1919, 1920, 1921,1922 and 1924, and two Copa del Rey (1920 and 1992). In total, he scored 161 goals in 151 games for Barcelona, scoring an average of more than one goal per game. After leaving Barcelona in 1924, he again played for Terrassa FC and then later for FC Martinenc. Professionally, it was official Guardia Urbana de Barcelona.
National Team
In 1920 he played several games with the Catalonia national football team, and participated in the Copa Principe de Asturias in 1923.
Barcelona
Death
Clemente Gracia died in his native Barcelona at the age of 84.