Pere Gratacós

Pere Gratacós Boix (born 14 February 1958) is a Spanish retired football central defender and manager.

He made his professional debut with Real Valladolid in the 1979–80 season, on loan, helping to a Segunda División promotion[1] and returning to spend a further three years with Barça's reserves, where he was awarded team captaincy.

[3] In the 1985 off-season, he returned to his native region and signed for UE Figueres of Segunda División B,[4] helping to an immediate promotion to the second tier.

[5] After a brief spell as an interim manager, he was in charge of two amateur teams – also in Catalonia – for four and a half seasons, returning to his main club in 2001 and making history as it became the first in division three to reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, eventually losing 2–1 on aggregate against Deportivo de La Coruña after previously ousting, amongst others, Barcelona and Osasuna.

[8][9][10] In January 2010, Gratacós returned to Barcelona, being appointed director of its training ground and academy Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.