José Iborra Blanco

José Iborra

Personal information
Full name	José Iborra Blanco
Date of birth	June 12, 1908
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Date of death	September 17, 2002 (aged 94)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
?	Lleida
?	Girona
1935-37	Barcelona	16
1938-43	Real Club España
1944-48	Puebla	210
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José Iborra Blanco (born 12 June 1908 in Barcelona^[1]) was a former Spanish football player. He played for FC Barcelona in 1935-36, Due to the Spanish revolution of 1936 he among others fled the country to Mexico.In 1938 he arrive in Mexico and quickly signed with Mexican club Real Club España which was mostly Spanish players. In 1943^[2] he was contacted by Joaquín Díaz Loredo and Alfonso Sobero owners of the newly formed club Puebla. He would help Puebla win their first tournament in 1945 winning the Copa Mexico. He would go on to play for 4 years with Puebla playing over 200 games. He died on September 17 2002^[3] and was the last Spanish player who had fled the 1936 Spanish revolution to die.

References

1. Player Profile with Barcelona fc
2. Article Puebla fc first goalkeeper in clubs history
3. Player Death