Francesc Cabedo

Francesc Cabedo was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He spent 14 seasons of his playing career with Sabadell FC. He also played for the Catalan national team between 1916 and 1924. where he formed an outstanding defensive partnership with Joaquín Montané. On 26 September 1926, he was the subject of a new tribute with the dispute of a match between the Catalan national team and Sabadell.

On 18 August 1929, he took charge of Sabadell's second team.

International career As a Sabadell player, Cabedo was eligible to play for the Catalan national team, and in May 1916, together with FC Barcelona's Paulino Alcántara, Josep Samitier and Ricardo Zamora, he was part of the great Catalan side of the twenties that won the second edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF. In the opening game against a Castile/Madrid XI, he scored a poker in a 6–3 victory, thus becoming the first (and only) player to score a hat-trick in the competition's history, with his four goals in a single match remaining a record in the Prince of Asturias Cup.

Cabedo played a few more matches for the Catalan national side, becoming one of the most capped Catalan players between 1916 and 1924, however, due to the little statistical rigor that the newspapers had at that time, the exact amount of caps he earned is unknown.

The date of his death is also unknown.

Later life Lluis Papell wrote a poem about him, which he published in the Catalan magazine l'Esforç in 1920:

Honours Club FC Internacional Catalan championship: Runner-up (1): 1913–1914

Sabadell FC Catalan championship: Runner-up (1): 1919–1920

International Catalonia Prince of Asturias Cup: Champion (1): 1916