page_title: Josep Samitier
hierarchical_section_title: Josep Samitier
caption_attribution_description: English: The FC Barcelona team that defeated FC Real Sociedad in the 3rd. game played at Santander.
context_page_description: Josep Samitier Vilalta, also known as José Samitier, was a Spanish footballer, manager and scout who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI and Spain. He later coached Atlético Madrid, OGC Nice and FC Barcelona and worked as a scout for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.
  During his playing career with FC Barcelona he scored 184 official goals and was the club's all time highest goalscorer at the time of his retirement. Currently is the club's all time fifth top goalscorer behind Luis Suárez, who scored 187 goals; Ladislao Kubala, who scored 194 goals; César, who scored 232 goals and Lionel Messi, who scored 613 goals. As a player, he pioneered the midfield general role and was nicknamed Surrealista and Home Magosta due to his style. As a manager, he led Barcelona to a La Liga title in 1945 and as a scout he recruited another CF Barcelona legend Ladislao Kubala. However, he was later accused of acting as a double agent when the club tried to sign Alfredo Di Stéfano and in the 1960s he fell out with Helenio Herrera and went to work for Real Madrid.
context_section_description: Josep Samitier Vilalta ([ʒuˈzɛp səmitiˈe]; 2 February 1902 – 4 May 1972), also known as José Samitier, was a Spanish footballer, manager and scout who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, OGC Nice, the Catalan XI and Spain. He later coached  Atlético Madrid, OGC Nice and FC Barcelona and worked as a scout for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.
  During his playing career with FC Barcelona he scored 184 official goals and was the club's all time highest goalscorer at the time of his retirement. Currently is the club's all time fifth top goalscorer behind Luis Suárez, who scored 187 goals; Ladislao Kubala, who scored 194 goals; César, who scored 232 goals and Lionel Messi, who scored 613 goals. As a player, he pioneered the midfield general role and was nicknamed Surrealista (The Surrealist) and Home Magosta (The Grasshopper Man) due to his style. As a manager, he led Barcelona to a La Liga title in 1945 and as a scout he recruited another CF Barcelona legend Ladislao Kubala. However, he was later accused of acting as a double agent when the club tried to sign Alfredo Di Stéfano  and in the 1960s he fell out with Helenio Herrera and went to work for Real Madrid. Despite his role in the Di Stéfano affair, twice defecting to Real Madrid and his friendship with Francisco Franco, he remained a legendary figure at FC Barcelona. When he died in 1972 he was given a state funeral and a street that leads to Camp Nou.
caption: Josep Samitier in 1928.
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