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Kety Pulido

Kety Pulido (Badalona, Barcelona 1964-2022) captained the Barça Women's side that won the Copa de la Reina in 1994, the first domestic trophy in the team's history, winning against Oroquieta Villaverde from Madrid

A model of assurance and effectiveness, Kety played at the heart of the blaugrana defence, defending the colours from 1984-1994. She ended up having to hang up her boots at the age of 30 years old as it was hard to combine work with playing football. With football having amateur status at the time, the team's expenses ended up being paid a number of different ways, including by holding raffles.

She was part of the the team that won Barça Women's first ever competitive trophy (then known as Club Femenino Barcelona), namely the Copa Generalitat in the 1984/85 season. In the final, played in Badalona on 29 June 1985, CF Barcelona overcame Vallès Occidental from Sabadell 1-0. Kety Pulido was also the first blaugrana captain to lift a national trophy, the Copa de la Reina in 1993/94, beating the Madrid side, Oroquieta Villaverde, 2-1 in the final at Las Rozas on 29 June 1994. The trophy was achieved in heroic circumstances against what were essentially a better side (the Liga champions) who were playing at home and referee Megía Dávila was also from Madrid. The blaugranes saw Mari Àngels sent off before Oroquieta missed a penalty in the final minute.

Those were difficult timed for women's football. Once Kety and her teammates had to play a game on a mud pitch and they ended up covered head to toe, with their boots getting stuck in the pitch.

Career

  • Seasons at the Club: 1984-94

Trophies

  • One Copa de la Reina: 1993/94
  • One Copa Generalitat: 1984/85
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