Armando Martínez Sagi

Armando Martínez Sagi (28 April 1906 – 11 July 1997) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for FC Barcelona and Alfonso XIII (now known as RCD Mallorca). He won two Copa del Rey titles with Barça, in 1922 and 1925, but he is best known for being the club's youngest-ever player and scorer in an official competitive match, which he achieved in 1920 at the age of 14.

He is the brother of Ana María Martínez Sagi, the first woman director of FC Barcelona, and cousin of Emili Sagi-Barba, who also played for Barcelona. thus becoming the youngest player in the club's history, breaking the previous record set by Paulino Alcántara in 1912 (15 years and 140 days).

The nice figure of Martínez Sagi, who was simply marvelous on Sunday, resolutely advanced towards the goal, outwitting one of Avenç's formidable defenders, and with a wonderful low shot, he achieved the tie and a much bigger applause. — The 1921 Avenç match chronicle of La Vanguardia, describing Sagi's first goal for Barcelona. By playing in this match, Sagi was part of the squad that then won the 1922 title.

Golden age Sagi played for Barça during the club's first golden age, which won two Catalan championships and one Copa del Rey between 1920 and 1923; however, he did not play a major role in these triumphs because that golden age prevented him from often playing in a first-team consisting of players such as Vicente Piera, Josep Samitier, Ricardo Zamora, Agustín Sancho, Alcántara and his cousin Sagi-Barba. Coincidentally, another former Barcelona player, Claudi Puigvert, finished third in the same tournament, but he would also become world billiards champion, two years later. As a result of this triumph, on 5 June 1932, Sagi received a tribute at the Camp de Les Corts, walking out into the field to do the honor of taking the symbolic kick-off between Barça and Celta de Vigo in the first leg of the semi-finals of the 1932 Copa del Presidente de la República.

Death Sagi died on 11 July 1997, at the age of 91, in a hospital in Montevideo (Uruguay), the country to which he had emigrated and from which he obtained nationality.

Honours Barcelona Copa del Rey: Champions (2): 1922 and 1925

Catalan championship: Champions (2): 1921 and 1922