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Manuel Solé

Spanish association football player (1872-1934)

Born
1872, Benissanet
Died
7 May 1934, Barcelona
Citizenship
Spain
Sport
association football
Occupation
association football player, fencer
Team / club
FC Barcelona

Manuel "Manolo" Grau Solé (26 December 1872 – 7 May 1934) was a Spanish athlete and sports leader, who was a prominent gymnast, fencer, and practitioner and disseminator of many other sports. He was one of the first members of FC Barcelona, for whom he played two friendly matches in 1900. He was also co-founder and vice president of the Barcelona Swimming Club in 1907, founder and president of the Solé Pedestre Club (1909), and owner of the Gimnasio Solé from 1910 until his death.

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Facts from Wikidata Q23927906 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.