Carles Rexach

Carles Rexach is Barcelona woven into a single life. Forty-four years at one club as winger, then coach, is a kind of loyalty that barely exists in modern football. But the detail I can't get past is his role in signing a 13-year-old Lionel Messi, famously sealed on a paper napkin when others hesitated. That single act of conviction arguably reshaped the sport. I admire that he trusted his eye when the stakes were enormous and the kid was tiny. A skillful winger in his own playing days, Rexach's real legacy may be the futures he saw before anyone else did.

Name (English)

Carles Rexach

Name (Japanese)

カルロス・レシャック

Reading

かるろす・れしゃっく

Born

January 13, 1947 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Pedralbes, Barcelona Province, Spain

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Barcelona Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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