Enric Ribelles

Enric Ribelles
Personal information
Full name	Enric Ribelles Seró
Date of birth	1 February 1934
Place of birth	Puigverd de Lleida, Spain
Date of death	19 March 2014 (aged 80)
Place of death	Puigverd de Lleida, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Puigvertenc
	Juneda
	Almacelles
	Balaguer
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1956	Lleida
1952–1954	→ Binéfar (loan)
1956–1961	Barcelona
1956–1957	→ Lleida (loan)
1961–1965	Valencia
1965–1966	Lleida
1966–1967	Juneda
International career
1958–1960	Spain B
1957–1960	Catalonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Enric Ribelles Seró (1 February 1934 – 19 March 2014) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

He amassed La Liga totals of 96 games and 16 goals over the course of eight seasons, with Barcelona and Valencia.

Football career

Born in Puigverd de Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Ribelles' professional career was solely associated to FC Barcelona and Valencia CF. He arrived at the former in 1956 from local UE Lleida, making his La Liga debut on 15 December of the following year in a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza.^[1]

With Barça Ribelles, overshadowed in his position by László Kubala, played 78 games all competitions comprised and scored 20 goals, winning five major trophies including two national championships and as many Inter-Cities Fairs Cups.^[2] Subsequently he joined Valencia CF, where he remained a further four seasons and won another two Fairs Cups, notably netting in a 6–2 home routing of former team Barcelona in the 1961–62 edition (7–3 on aggregate).^[3]

Honours

Barcelona

Valencia

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63

Death

Ribelles died in his hometown on 19 March 2014, at the age of 80.^[2]

References

^ "Zaragoza, 1 – Barcelona, 1" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 December 1957. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Fallece el mítico delantero del Barça Enric Ribelles" [Legendary Barça forward Enric Ribelles dies] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ "Valencia CF 6–2 FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). CiberChe. 8 September 1962. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links

Enric Ribelles at BDFutbol
Stats and bio at CiberChe (in Spanish)

[1] "Zaragoza, 1 – Barcelona, 1" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 16 December 1957. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[DEATH-2] "Fallece el mítico delantero del Barça Enric Ribelles" [Legendary Barça forward Enric Ribelles dies] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[3] "Valencia CF 6–2 FC Barcelona" (in Spanish). CiberChe. 8 September 1962. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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