Joan Ramon i Pera

Juan Ramón Pera (22 February 1909 – 8 April 1968) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Barcelona between 1927 and 1935, and for Espanyol in 1937.

Club career Early career Born on 22 February 1909 in the Catalonian town of Vilassar de Mar, Juan Ramón began his football career in 1924, aged 15, at his hometown club UE Vilassar de Mar, which had just been founded (1923). The following year, in 1924, the 15-year-old Ramón joined the lower categories of FC Barcelona, where he stayed for two years, until the end of the 1925–26 season, when he began playing with the first team in some friendly matches.

FC Barcelona Three years later, on 10 February 1929, Ramón went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who started for Barça in their first-ever La Liga match. Two years later, on 5 May 1931, he scored a league hat-trick against Real Madrid at Les Corts, thus becoming only the third Barça player to do so after Jaime Lazcano and Fernando Sañudo.

Ramón remained at Barça for over a decade, from 1924 until 1935, scoring a total of 225 goals in 314 matches, of which 80 came in 134 official matches, He thus played a crucial role in the Barça team that won the inaugural edition of La Liga in 1929, the Copa del Rey in 1928 (although he did not play in the final), and five Catalan championship in (1928, 1930–32, and 1935).

Death Juan Ramón died in Barcelona, Catalonia, on 8 April 1968, at the age of 59. His younger brother, Xevi Ramón, also played football for Barça, but only with its amateur team. His son went on to play for Barça's youth teams, while his grandson, Xevi Ramon, played for the senior team, but only in friendlies.

Honours FC Barcelona La Liga Champions (1): 1929

Catalan championship: Champions (5): 1927–28, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, and 1934–35

Copa del Rey: Champions (1): 1928