Manuel Lemmel

{{Short description|Spanish footballer (1894–?)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| full_name = Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|03|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1912–1913 | clubs1 = FC Barcelona | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1913 | clubs2 = Universitari SC | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1913–1916 | clubs3 = Espanyol | caps3 = | goals3 =

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| manageryears1 = 1924–1925

| managerclubs1 = Stadium Zaragoza

| manageryears2 = 1928–1929

| managerclubs2 = Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa

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Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina (26 March 1894 – unknown) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona and Espanyol in the 1910s. He also briefly worked as a referee in the early 1920s, and later as a manager in the late 1920s.

Sporting career

=Football career=

Born on 26 March 1894 in Barcelona, Lemmel began his career at his hometown club Barcelona in 1912, aged 18, for he played a total of four matches, albeit all unofficial.{{cite web |url=https://players.fcbarcelona.com/en/player/1632-lemmel-manuel-lemmel-malo-molina |title=Manuel Lemmel Malo De Molina stats |website=players.fcbarcelona.com |access-date=29 December 2024 }} He spent the final part of the 1912–13 season at Universitari SC,{{cite web |url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1913/02/20/pagina-4/606463/pdf.html |title=Numancia - Universitario |language=es |website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |page=4 |date=20 February 1913 |access-date=29 December 2024 }} and then joined the ranks of RCD Espanyol, where he stayed for three seasons, helping his side win the Catalan championship in the 1914–15 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.periquito.cat/html/lemmel.html |title=Manuel LEMMEL Malo de Molina |language=ca |website=periquito.cat |access-date=29 December 2024 }}

=Athletic career=

Lemmel was an outstanding high jumper, running 11.8 seconds in the 100 meters and jumping 1.55 in the high jump, both in 1912.{{cite web |url=https://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/futbol_atletismo.pdf |title=Fútbol y atletismo: una conexión evidente |trans-title=Football and athletics: an obvious connection |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129203035/https://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/futbol_atletismo.pdf |access-date=12 February 2024 |archive-date=29 November 2020 }}

=Refereeing career=

Once he retired from active sports, Lemmel became a football referee, directing a few Catalan Championship matches in the early 1920s.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/r/r108579.html |title=Lemmel, Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina - Referee |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=29 December 2024 }}

=Managerial career=

Lemmel was Paco Bru's assistant in the Spanish national team that participated in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. He also coached Stadium Zaragoza in 1924–25 and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in 1928–29.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l108579.html |title=Lemmel, Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina - Manager |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=29 December 2024 }}

Personal life

It is not known for certain when he died. The last information about him in newspaper archives dates from late 1934.{{cite web |url=https://arca.bnc.cat/arcabib_pro/ca/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.do?path=1269810&idImagen=12200155&posicion=17&presentacion=pagina |title=Futbol - Assemblea del Col·legi Català d'Àrbitres |trans-title=Football - Assembly of the Catalan Referees' Association |language=ca |website=arca.bnc.cat |publisher=Los Deportes |page=17 |date=2 September 1934 |access-date=29 December 2024 }} He was buried in the Montjuïc Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://pandora.girona.cat/viewer.vm?id=0000851245&page=24 |title=Nota dels Serveis Funeraris de Barcelona |trans-title=Note from the Barcelona Funeral Services |language=ca |website=pandora.girona.cat |page=24 |date=18 June 1999 |access-date=29 December 2024 }} His brother, Pablo, also played for Espanyol.

Honours

Espanyol

References

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