José Luis Conde

José Luis Conde

Personal information
Full name	José Luis Conde Cárdenas
Date of birth	(1911-04-04)4 April 1911
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Date of death	18 January 1992(1992-01-18) (aged 80)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1932	Atlético Madrid	16	(0)
1942–1944	Sabadell	6	(0)
Managerial career
1951–1952	Cartagena
1952–1953	Real Zaragoza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Luis Conde Cárdenas (4 April 1911 – 18 January 1992) was a Spanish footballer who played as a Defender for Atlético Madrid and Sabadell.

After retiring, he became a manager, taking charge over Cartagena and Real Zaragoza in the early-1950s.

Playing career

Conde was born in the Gipuzkoan town of San Sebastián on 4 April 1911, but when he was still a child, his family moved to Madrid, where he began his football career at Atlético Madrid in late 1928, at the age of 17. Together with Ricardo Zulueta, Cosme Vázquez, and the Olaso brothers (Alfonso and Luis), he was a member of the Atlético team that played in the inaugural La Liga season in 1929, making his official debut as a colchonero on 2 June 1929 in a league fixture against Racing de Santander, which ended in a 2–1 victory. In the following season, he played more matches, but was unable to avoid his team being relegated to the Segunda División. He stayed at Atlético for a further two seasons, until 1932, failing to achieve promotion on both occasions; in total, he played 17 official matches for the club, including 11 in the Spanish top flight, and never managed to score a single goal.

A decade and a Spanish Civil War later, in 1942, Conde returned to the playing field as a member of Sabadell, whose coach José Luis Zabala started him for the first time on 22 November 1942 against Osasuna, upon decided to change the defensive line that had been playing lately. Conde corresponded to Zabala's trust by helping his side to a 3–1 win, and although he only played six matches that season, he helped the club win four of them, thus contributing to Sabedell's first-ever promotion to the first division. However, he was never able to make his top-flight debut with Sabedell because of the arrival of Vicenç Martínez on loan from Barcelona, who played as a starter to the detriment of Conde. He failed to earn the confidence of either Kinké or Pedro Solé, so he only played a few friendly matches for the club in the summer of 1943, and a last one on 31 October.

Managerial career

After retiring, Conde became a manager, taking charge over Cartagena and Real Zaragoza in the early 1950s, and on both occasions, his team was relegated. For the latter, he only coached 9 La Liga matches between the transition of Elemér Berkessy and Domingo Balmanya.

Death

Conde died on 18 January 1992, at the age of 80.

Honours

Sabadell

• Segunda División:
  • Champions (1): 1942–43