Joan Villacampa i Presegué

Juan Villacampa Presegué (13 December 1907 – 15 February 1979) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for UE Sants and Barcelona in the 1930s.

Club career Born on 13 December 1907 in the Catalonian town of Barcelona, Villacampa began his football career at his hometown club UE Sants in 1929, aged 22, with whom he played two seasons in the Tercera División (1929–30 and in 1932–33), both of which ended in relegation. In July 1933, he played two matches against the Catalan national team, first for a mixed team called Equip Blanc at the Sarrià Stadium on 16 July, in a tribute match to former Espanyol player José Cabo, which ended in a 3–2 loss; and the second for his club Sants at Camp Galileu on 30 July, in another tribute match, this time to Sants' player Frederic Soligó, coming off the bench to replace Soligó himself and playing alongside Ramón Escolà and the Torredeflot brothers (Josep and Domingo); Sants won 2–1.

A few weeks later, Villacampa was signed by Barça, making his debut with the first team on 8 December 1933, in a friendly match against a combined XI of Chile and Peru, helping his side to a 4–1 win. The following month, on 7 January 1934, he made his competitive debut for Barça in a La Liga fixture against Real Oviedo, helping his side keep a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory.

After leaving Barça in 1935, Villacampa returned to Sants, where he played for a further four years, until 1939, when he joined Gimnástico, where he spent the 1939–40 season. A few months later, on 1 January 1935, he earned his second and last cap for Catalonia in yet another tribute at the Sarrià, this time to Josep Pausàs, and against Espanyol; it ended in a 3–3 draw.

Death Villacampa died on 15 February 1979, at the age of 71.