Carles Comamala
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 Comamala in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carles Comamala López-Del Pan | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 4 August 1983 (aged 94) | ||
| Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1903 | Irish FC | ||
| 1903–1911 | Barcelona | 154 | (172) |
| 1907–1908 | → AC Galeno (on loan) | ||
| 1911–1912 | Universitary SC | ||
| 1912 | RCD Espanyol | ||
| 1912–1913 | FC Casual | ||
| International career | |||
| 1910–1912 | Catalonia | 5 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carles Comamala López-Del Pan (17 April 1889 – 4 August 1983) was an orthopedic surgeon by profession and a football player for Barcelona between 1903 and 1911. He was a director of Barcelona in 1909–1911.
Born in Madrid, the capital of Spain, to a Basque father and a Canarian mother.
In 1903, he joined Barcelona, when his friend Joan Gamper, president of FC Barcelona who had founded the club in 1899, retired. Comamala was a great striker who stood out for his side, scoring throughout his long career. He scored a total of 172 goals in 154 games for the club.
He had a very active life and also founded the Irish football team, the Galen[1][2] and the University. He also played for FC Casual.[3] He practised rugby and swimming, made occasional journalistic writings and became founder and first President of the Catalan Federation of Gymnastics, the forerunner of the Catalan Federation of Gymnastics, in 1923.[4]
Comamala played several matches for the Catalan national team between 1910 and 1912, scoring two goals, the first of which came in Catalonia's first-ever international game on 24 July 1910 (although not recognized by FIFA), a 1-3 loss to a Paris XI.
Carlos Comamala was considered a great cartoonist; he was the creator of the original idea for the current coat of arms of FC Barcelona, then won the public tender for Barça in 1910 to better design their shield.