Salvador Galvany i Ventura

Salvador Galvany Ventura (12 June 1916 – 9 June 1974) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Barcelona, Osasuna, Granada, Real Oviedo, and Real Zaragoza in the 1940s.

Career Pre-civil war Born in the Catalonian town of La Garriga on 12 June 1916, Galvany began his career at Granollers in 1933, aged 17, from which he joined Segunda División team Sabadell in 1934. A few weeks later, on 29 July 1934, he started for Sabadell against the Catalan national team in a tribute match to benefit Sabadell player Santiago Sitges, who had been hospitalized after a motorcycle accident a few days earlier; it ended in a 1–1 draw. In his first (and only) season there, he played 20 official matches, helping his side achieve an unprecedented runner-up finish in the 1934–35 Campionat de Catalunya as well as reaching the final of the 1935 Copa del Rey, which ended in a 3–0 loss to Sevilla.

That summer, Galvany signed for Júpiter, with whom he played another match against Catalonia, this time in the final of the Torneig Copa Balenguera on 1 January 1936, scoring once to help his side to a 3–2 victory. He stayed at Júpiter until 1936, when his career was interrupted by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. At Granollers, he played alongside Máximo Aylagas, but before the end of the season, in March 1940, both of them were signed by Barcelona, making their debut with the first team in friendlies against Sant Andreu, and their competitive debut in the 1940 Copa del Generalísimo, with Galvany scoring once in a 9–2 aggregate win over Atlético Baleares in the first round.

Despite staying at Barça for a further four years, the 1940 Cup was the last time he played an official match for the club, being restricted only to friendlies, and being loaned a total of three times, to Badalona (1940), Osasuna (1940–41), and CE Europa (1941–42). In his first season there, he scored 5 goals in 16 La Liga matches as the club was relegated, with Galvany only returning to the top flight when he joined Real Oviedo in 1948. His younger brother Pedro also played for Zaragoza.

In the early 1950s, Galvany played for numerous modest Catalan sides, including some third division teams, such as Sant Andreu (1950), Sant Martí (1951), and Igualada (1952), but also Santboià and Arenys de Mar.

Death Galvany died in La Garriga on 9 June 1974, at the age of 57.