Joan Golobart
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joan Golobart Serra | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1979 | AE Sarrià | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | AE Sarrià | ||
| 1980–1983 | Hospitalet | ||
| 1983–1985 | Sabadell | 65 | (12) |
| 1985–1990 | Español | 81 | (5) |
| 1985–1986 | → Hospitalet (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joan Golobart Serra (born 12 January 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Golobart did not start playing organised football until he was 17, making his senior debut for local CE L'Hospitalet in the Tercera División as a winger. In 1985, after two seasons with neighbours CE Sabadell FC – helping to promotion to Segunda División in his first year and scoring five goals in 30 games in the second – he signed for another side in the region, RCD Español who he supported as a child.[1][2]
During his five-season spell, Golobart was successfully reconverted from central defender to defensive midfielder.[3][2] He only had one solid campaign, however, contributing 35 matches and four goals in 1986–87 as the Pericos finished third in La Liga and qualified for the UEFA Cup, reaching and losing the final to Bayer 04 Leverkusen on penalties.[4][3]
Golobart scored a rare goal in the promotion/relegation playoffs of 1988–89 against RCD Mallorca, but his team went down 2–1 on aggregate. After achieving immediate promotion (although he only appeared in eight matches), he did not have his contract renewed and chose to retire rather than represent another club than Español; he was only 29.[5][3]
Post-retirement
[edit]After retiring, Golobart worked in dentistry. Additionally, he became a respected sports analyst, writing newspaper columns for La Vanguardia.[6][7][8]
Golobart unsuccessfully ran for Espanyol's presidency in 2007.[9][3]
Personal life
[edit]Golobart's son, Román, was also a footballer. He spent most of his career with Wigan Athletic, having been brought up at Espanyol.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Sabadell: El espectáculo está servido (Sabadell: The show is served); Mundo Deportivo, 21 August 1984 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Furia verde, genes del Espanyol (Green fury, genes of Espanyol); La Voz de Galicia, 8 March 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c d Joan GOLOBART; Hall of Fame Perico, 15 May 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El batacazo del 88 (The slump of 88); El País, 3 May 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ 2 de julio de 1989: Vidal y Nadal fueron claves (2 July 1989: Vidal and Nadal were key); Diario de Mallorca, 7 March 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Homage from Catalonia; The Guardian, 5 June 2005
- ^ El món fosc del futbol (The dark world of football); La Vanguardia, 24 January 2014 (in Catalan)
- ^ La ‘Blitzkrieg’ en el fútbol ('Blitzkrieg' in football); La Vanguardia, 20 June 2025 (in Spanish)
- ^ Sánchez Llibre medita agotar el mandato y seguir hasta el 2011 (Sánchez Llibre thinks about seeing out his term and continuing until 2011); El Periódico, 20 November 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Amat-Golobart, pareja de centrales (Amat-Golobart, stopper duo); Marcadorint, 3 July 2013 (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Joan Golobart at BDFutbol
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1961 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football utility players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers