Manuel Prast Rodríguez de Llano was a footballer who played as a striker for Madrid FC between 1904–1908 and 1912–1914.[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 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.

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	(8)
1909-10	Real Sociedad	1	(0)
1912–1914	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.^{[citation needed]}

Playing career

After being constantly linked to the neighboring society of the Moncloa Football Club, on whose board of directors was his brother Carlos,[3] 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.[4][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 8 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][5] 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 one match for Real Sociedad in 1909.[6]

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.[7] 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.[7] 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.[8]

Honours

Real Madrid

• Campeonato Regional Centro:
  • Champions (5): 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1912–13.

• Copa del Rey:
  • Champions (4): 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1908.

Notes

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20200113112940/http://www.leyendablanca.galeon.com/jugad4.htm

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