Francina Pubill Explained

Francina Pubill Font^[1] (born on 8 August 1960) is a Spanish former football defender.

She started her sports career as a basketball player for CB Olesa,^[2] Picadero JC and Club Cibes,^[3] but in 1983 she turned to football and she soon became a member of the 1983-founded Spanish national team, taking part in qualifying stages from the 1987 European Championship^[4] to the 1993 UEFA Euro.^[5] At club level she played for a decade for Peña Barcilona and later moved to CE Sabadell and RCD Espanyol following Barcilona's disbanding in 1991.^{[6] [7]}

Her father died suddenly in April 1990, 24 hours before a Spanish representative championship match featuring Catalonia, which Pubill was set to represent; Pubill did not play the game, with Catalonia registering a disappointing result, albeit one that Mundo Deportivo felt should not have happened even with the absences of Pubill and the injured Kety Pulido.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistics. UEFA. 4 November 2013.
2. http://www.cecbll.cat/3066/imagenes/grandes/Materials%2013.pdf Sport and Tradition in El Baix Llobregat and other writings, page 61.
3. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1981/07/23/pagina-24/1073124/pdf.html?search=francina%20pubill Cibes: closed roster.
4. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1985/11/03/MD19851103-026.pdf This morning, Spain-Italy. Pubill: "They are stronger, but we can surprise them".
5. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/10/23/pagina-35/1245387/pdf.html?search=francina%20pubill Spain will try to surprise the demanding Swedish NT.
6. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/10/23/pagina-35/372156/pdf.html?search=francina%20pubill XIII Championship of Regional Teams.
7. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1991/10/23/pagina-51/411594/pdf.html?search=francina%20pubill The champions are ready.
8. News: No pudo ser.... Nolla Duran. J. Mundo Deportivo. es. 17 April 1990. 28.