Joan Golobart

Joan Golobart Serra (born 12 January 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Playing career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Golobart did not start playing organised football until he was 17, making his senior debut for local CE L'Hospitalet in the Tercera División as a winger. In 1985, after two seasons with neighbours CE Sabadell FC – helping to promotion to Segunda División in his first year and scoring five goals in 30 games in the second – he signed for another side in the region, RCD Español who he supported as a child.

During his five-season spell, Golobart was successfully reconverted from central defender to defensive midfielder.

Golobart unsuccessfully ran for Espanyol's presidency in 2007.