Manuel Prast

Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano was a footballer who played as a striker for Madrid FC between 1904 and 1908 and 1911–1914.[1] He was a historical member of Madrid FC, playing a pivotal role in Madrid's four back-to-back Copa del Rey titles between 1905 and 1908, playing in all the finals and remarkably, netting in three of them, including the winning goals in the finals of 1905 and 1907 and a brace in the 1906.[2] After retiring he become a referee[3] and he was also an entrepreneur and owner of the family business called Confitería Prast, a confectionery founded by his father and which he took care of together with his brothers.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prast and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez de Llano.
Manuel Prast
Personal information
Full name Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano
Date of birth (1886-11-10)10 November 1886
Place of birth Madrid, Castilla la Nueva, Spain
Date of death 1 December 1973(1973-12-01) (aged 87)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1908 Madrid FC 10 (6)
1909–1910 Real Sociedad 1 (0)
1911–1914 Madrid FC 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Although history seems to have blurred the legend of Prast, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Madrid FC, being one of the main architects of the team's football power in the 1900s and being the club's all-time top scorer at the time of his retirement in 1914, before being surpassed by several of his contemporaries such as Santiago Bernabéu.[4]

Playing career

After being constantly linked to the neighboring society of the Moncloa Football Club, on whose board of directors was his brother Carlos,[5] the future mayor of Madrid, he was instead one of the first members of the (Society) Madrid Football Club. He was one of the main architects behind the team's football power in the 1900s, and was also one of the club's first goalscoring figures, becoming its all-time top scorer. He remained loyal to the club until he retired in 1914.[6][lower-alpha 1]

He was a member of the historic Madrid FC side of the 1900s, which also included José Berraondo, Pedro Parages, the Yarza brothers (Manuel and Joaquín) and Federico Revuelto. Prast scored 6 goals in the Copa del Rey, the most important of which coming in the 1905 Copa del Rey Final when he netted the only goal of the match to assure the first title in the club's history. He also scored in the 1906 Copa del Rey Final (twice) and again the only goal of the 1907 Copa del Rey Final, thus contributing decisively in Madrid's four Copa del Rey titles in a row.[2][7] In the same way, and being the tournament that gave access to the national cup, he won a total of five regional championships in the central region. He won a total of nine official titles during his career.

He also played three matches for Real Sociedad in the 1909–10 season,[8] including one Copa del Rey match,[9] which was the final of the 1910 Copa del Rey (UECF) contested by Athletic Bilbao (then known as Athletic Club) and Real Sociedad, who participated under the umbrella of a local club, the Vasconia Sporting Club (due to regulations of the time), but unlike in his Madrid days, Prast was unable to impact the game and lost 0–1 thanks to a goal from Remigio Iza.[10] The remaining two matches came in the inaugural edition of the Pyrenees Cup,featuring in the semi-finals against Stade toulousain at Ondarreta Stadium on 17 April as they won 8–0, and though they lost the final 1–2 to FC Barcelona,[8][11] it was he who scored Sociedad's consolation goal in the 30th minute after a pass from George McGuinness.[12]

Refereeing career

After retiring, Prast became a football referee, being among the 5 men who formed the College of Referees of the Central Regional Federation, which was the first College of Referees in Spain. He and Julián Ruete, among others, were the members of its constitution on 15 April 1914, with Prast being elected as the College's first president.[13] However, he resigned from the position just a few weeks later, on 9 May, to become one of the first category referees, and whose most important task was to referee the matches of the Central Championship, and if available, the Copa del Rey.[13] In fact, he came to referee the decisive tiebreaker match of the 1913 Copa del Rey Final (FEF) between Racing Club de Irún and Athletic Club, which ended in a 1-0 victory to Irun.[14]

Honours

Real Madrid

Notes
  1. In the 1911–12 season, the chronicles about the footballer are lost, the reason being unknown. The possible hypotheses were for doing military service, or for finishing his studies in England or France like all his brothers, since it was usual for it to happen at the time, or simply for dedicating himself to the family business.

References
  1. "Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. "The 19 Spanish Cups of Real Madrid". www.realmadrid.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  3. "Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano - Referee". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  4. "Prast, la primera gran amenaza Blanca" [Prast, the first great white treath]. www.deia.eus (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. "Junta directiva en 1903" [Board of directors in 1903] (in Spanish). Diario El Cardo. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. "Player x-ray of Manuel Prast de Real Madrid". www.playmakerstats.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. "Ficha Manuel PRAST". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. "Manuel Prast (Real Sociedad)". atotxa.org. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. "Manuel Prast". www.realsociedad.eus. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. "Vasconia SC - Athletic Club (0 - 1) 20/03/1910". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  11. "1910 Pyrenees Cup". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  12. "Copa Pirineos: partido entre Real Sociedad y Barcelona (1-2) jugado en Ponts-Jumeaux la temporada 1909/1910" [Pryeenes Cup: Match between Sociedad and Barcelona (1-2) played in Jumeaux in the 1909/1910 season]. atotxa.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  13. "En el Centenario del Colegio Regional del Centro de Árbitros; después Colegio Castellano y Comité Madrileño" [On the Centenary of the Regional College of the Center for Referees; after the Castilian College and the Madrid Committee] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  14. "Spain - Cup 1913". RSSSF. 13 January 2000. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.


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