Vicente Reig Falomir (1866 – 18 December 1918) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Barcelona, and most notably, he was the 7th President of the said club in 1908, holding the position for 22 days, the shortest term in the history of the entity.
[1] The exact day of his birth remains uncertain, given that the parish archive of Borriol where he was born was burned at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
He joined FC Barcelona in the autumn of 1900, and despite his already advanced age of 33 or 34 years old, he was Barça's undisputed goalkeeper during the three seasons he remained at the club between 1900 and 1903 (although he also occasionally played in defence), and Reig was thus part of the side that competed in the inaugural edition of the Copa Macaya, the very first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula, starting in the decisive match against Hispania AC which ended in a 1–1 draw that proved enough for Hispania to win the title.
In 1902, Reig was a member of the Barcelona team that participated in the Copa de la Coronación (predecessor of Copa del Rey), and he started in the semi-final against Real Madrid (then Madrid FC) on 13 May, in what was the very first El Clásico in history, which ended in a 3–1 win.
[6] In 1903, his last year as a player, he added a new title to his career, the Copa Barcelona, which was later recognized as the fourth edition of the Catalan Championship.