José Llovera Mas

José Llovera Mas (30 October 1896 – 3 June 1977) was a Spanish author and football referee active between 1922 and 1932, and who officiated three international matches between 1926 and 1932. He also co-founded the Catalan College of Referees in 1915, and then presided over both the Catalan College and the Cuban College of Referees in 1927.

Refereeing career Born in Llinars del Vallès, Catalonia, on 30 October 1896,

In the following year, on 15 January 1925, he refereed a Derbi Barceloní in the Catalan championship, which was held behind closed doors after it had been suspended by Biscayan referee Pelayo Serrano due to serious crowd disturbances; Espanyol won 1–0, and Llovera "carried out an impeccable performance". The journalists of the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia stated that "Llobera's refereeing was very good... I wish all the arbitrations were only close to the one made by the current president of our College". In the following year, on 26 December 1926, the 30-year-old Llovera made his international debut, refereeing a friendly match between Portugal and Hungary in Porto, which ended in a 3–3 draw.

Writing career In 1926, Llovera published a book titled Reglamento de Fútbol Asociación ("Association Football Regulations"), which had all the updated rules of football according to FIFA. Outside sports, he was a jeweler, having graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades.

Llovera died in Barcelona on 3 June 1977, at the age of 80.

Works Reglamento de Fútbol Asociación (1926)