RCD Espanyol Joaquim Carril was born on 23 January 1884 in
Puigcerdà,
Province of Girona, but it was in
Barcelona where he began to play football. In 1900, the 16-year-old Carril, together with
Ángel Rodríguez and other young university students, founded the
Sociedad Española, now known as
RCD Espanyol, and despite his tender age, he was named the club's first-ever captain. Together with
Ángel Ponz and
Luciano Lizárraga, and club founders
Octavi Aballí and Rodríguez, he was a member of the Espanyol team that competed in the
1900–01 Copa Macaya, which was the first football competition played on the
Iberian Peninsula. He also played in the following two editions of the competition, winning the third edition in
1902–03, the club's first-ever piece of silverware. In total, he played 12 matches in the Copa Macaya. For instance, on 20 March 1902, he oversaw a match between Espanyol and
Irish FC in the
FGE Medal tournament, where he showed his impartiality by awarding a
penalty kick to Irish, who went on to lose anyway (2–5). His keen understanding of the rules were key to both his refereeing career and his captaincy, being also noted for his serious and energetic nature and for never cowered in front of the forwards. Most of the remaining players, including him, Ángel Ponz, and
goalkeeper Pedro Gibert, joined the ranks of
X Sporting Club.
Later career Together with Gibert and Ponz, Carril helped X win a three-peat of Catalan championships between 1906 and 1908. Due to his serious and energetic character as well as being a great connoisseur of the rules of football, he was chosen as team captain. In January 1909, Espanyol was effectively relaunched as the
Club Deportivo Español, the name which still stands today. In the 1908–09 season, he only played
friendly matches with Español before deciding to hang up his boots. ==International career==