Josep Maria Fusté
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| Full name | Josep Maria Fusté Blanch | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Linyola, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 April 2023 (aged 82) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Linyola | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1960–1972 | Barcelona | 197 | (47) | |||||||||||
| 1960–1962 | → Osasuna (loan) | 26 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Hércules | 27 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 250 | (59) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Spain B | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1964–1969 | Spain | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Josep Maria Fusté Blanch (15 April 1941 – 20 April 2023) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder and who was captain of FC Barcelona during the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1964, together with Luis Suárez, Amancio Amaro, José Ángel Iribar and his FC Barcelona teammate, Chus Pereda, he helped Spain win the European Championship. He also played for CA Osasuna and Hércules CF. After retiring as a player he worked as a public relations executive for Codorniu, a Catalan sparkling wine company. He also served as president of the FC Barcelona veterans association and publicly supported Sixto Cambra, a Catalan nationalist, who stood against Josep Lluís Nuñez in the 1989 FC Barcelona presidential elections.