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{{short description|Spanish football manager and President of Real Madrid}}
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{{family name hatnote|Parages|Diego-Madrazo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Pedro Parages
| image         = Pedro Parages.jpg
| image_size    = 150px
| caption       = Parages between 1905 and 1906
| office        = 5th [[List of Real Madrid CF presidents|President of Real Madrid]]<ref name=CIHEFE>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2015/09/todos-los-presidentes-del-real-madrid/ |title=Todos los presidentes del Real Madrid |trans-title=All the presidents of Real Madrid |language=es |publisher=[[:es:Centro de Investigaciones de Historia y Estadística del Fútbol Español|CIHEFE]] |date=17 August 2015 |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025101629/https://www.cihefe.es/cuadernosdefutbol/2015/09/todos-los-presidentes-del-real-madrid/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| term_start    = July 1916
| term_end      = 16 May 1926
| predecessor   = [[Adolfo Meléndez]]
| successor     = [[Luis de Urquijo, 2nd Marquess of Bolarque|Luis de Urquijo]] 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1883|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Madrid]], [[Restoration (Spain)|Kingdom of Spain]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1950|02|15|1883|12|17|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Saint-Loubès]], France
| module        =
{{Infobox football biography
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| fullname      = Pedro Parages Diego-Madrazo
| position      = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1        = 1900–1902
| clubs1        = [[Association Sportive Amicale]]
| caps1         = 
| goals1        = 
| years2        = 1902–1909
| clubs2        = [[Real Madrid CF|Madrid FC]]
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| manageryears1 = 1923–1924
| managerclubs1 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]] (3)
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'''Pedro Parages Diego-Madrazo''' (17 December 1883 – 15 February 1950) was a Franco-Spanish [[Football player|footballer]], [[Manager (association football)|manager]], and the 5th [[List of Real Madrid CF presidents|President of Real Madrid]] from July 1916 until 16 May 1926. During his mandate, Madrid FC received the Royal title (''Real'') from the hands of the King [[Alfonso XIII]].<ref name=President>{{Cite web |url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041516821/1193040971647/contenido/Presidente/Pedro_Parages.htm |title=Pedro Parages |website=www.realmadrid.com |date=16 April 2010 |access-date=12 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416001705/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041516821/1193040971647/contenido/Presidente/Pedro_Parages.htm |archive-date=16 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Parages>{{cite web |url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040472604/1193040971647/contenido/Presidente/Pedro_Parages.htm |title=Pedro Parages |language=es |publisher=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial |website=archive.ph |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=2 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120702211636/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040472604/1193040971647/contenido/Presidente/Pedro_Parages.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

He played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Association Sportive Amicale]] before joining Madrid FC (now [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]) in 1902.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j7017.html |title=Pedro Parages Diego Madrazo - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |accessdate=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024195940/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j7017.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Parages was thus the first French player to represent ''Los Merengues''.<ref name=Parages/> Parages was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Madrid FC, being one of the main architects of the team's football power in the 1900s and playing a pivotal role in the club's four back-to-back [[Copa del Rey]] titles between [[1905 Copa del Rey|1905]] and [[1907 Copa del Rey|1908]], playing in all the finals and netting twice in the [[1906 Copa del Rey Final|1906 final]].<ref name=Copas>{{cite web |url=https://www.realmadrid.com/noticias/2014/04/las-19-copas-de-espana-del-real-madrid |title=The 19 Spanish Cups of Real Madrid |website=www.realmadrid.com |date=17 April 2014 |accessdate=24 October 2022 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120174910/https://www.realmadrid.com/noticias/2014/04/las-19-copas-de-espana-del-real-madrid |url-status=live }}</ref> After retiring he became the club's fifth president, a position he held for 10 years between 1916 and 1926. During that period he also coached the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]] at the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Paris]], being eliminated in the preliminary phase in the only competitive match of the three that he was at the helm of the team.<ref name=Manager>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=851 |title=Pedro Parages, football manager |website=eu-football.info |accessdate=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024195940/https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=851 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is regarded as one of the most influential and recognized personalities of the entity.

His outstanding work in favor of the growing [[sport]] of football earned him in the 1931–32 season the recently inaugurated distinction of the ''Medalla al Mérito del Fútbol'' awarded by the [[Royal Madrid Football Federation|Madrid Football Federation]].<ref name=Castellana>{{cite web |url=http://www.ce-rfef.es/nova/files/1035/Books/Federaciondefutbol95anos/files/assets/basic-html/page41.html |title=Temporada 1931-32 de la Federación Castellana de Fútbol (Madrid) |trans-title=Season 1931-32 of the Castilian Football Federation (Madrid) |language=es |publisher=Página oficial de la RFEF |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130906205747/http://www.ce-rfef.es/nova/files/1035/Books/Federaciondefutbol95anos/files/assets/basic-html/page41.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Early years===
Pedro Parages was born in Madrid to a Spanish mother and a French father, from whom he adopts his nationality. The family businesses ([[textile]]) made a young Pedro complete his training in [[Manchester]], where he studied commerce ([[Businessperson|Business]]).<ref name=Parages/> He was introduced to football in Manchester, developing a deep interest in the sport, and so, in 1900, when he returned to Madrid after completing his studies, he did so with great knowledge about football, which was only beginning to take shape in Spain.<ref name=Parages/>

Upon returning to Spain, he began his practice at the Association Sportive Française, later known as the Association Sportive Amicale, of the [[Lycée Français de Madrid|French Lyceum of Madrid]], a club where he played for two years, until 1902, when he joined Madrid FC, who had just been officially established on 6 March 1902 in a meeting held in the back room of ''Al Capricho'' by the Padrós brothers ([[Juan Padrós|Juan]] and [[Carlos Padrós|Carlos]]). Interestingly, the French high school team was absorbed by the Madrid team just two years later, on 30 January 1904.<ref name=Française>{{cite web |url=http://lafutbolteca.com/real-madrid-club-de-futbol/ |title=Real Madrid Football Club |language=es |website=lafutbolteca.com |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013233136/http://lafutbolteca.com/real-madrid-club-de-futbol/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Madrid FC===
Parages became the first French footballer to wear the Madrid team's shirt, after his debut on 2 November in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]] against [[Moncloa Football Club]] held at [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial|El Escorial]], in which he helped his side to a 2–7 victory for Madrid.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}} He made his competitive debut with the club in the semi-finals of the first edition of the Copa del Rey in [[1903 Copa del Rey|1903]], which took place on 6 April 1903 against the [[RCD Espanyol|Club Espanyol]], netting one of the goals in a 4–1 win,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=519340 |title=Madrid - Club Español de Football (4 - 1) 06/04/1903 |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024195942/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/p.php?id=519340 |url-status=live }}</ref> thus helping his side reach the cup's first-ever [[1903 Copa del Rey Final|final]], which ended in a 2–3 loss to [[Athletic Bilbao|Athletic Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1903.html |title=Spain - Cup 1903 |date=13 January 2000 |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002335/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1903.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the following years, he won four consecutive Copa del Rey titles between 1905 and 1908, which still stands as the shared national record for consecutive cups. In the same way, and being the tournament that gave access to the national cup, he won a total of five [[Campeonato Regional Centro|regional championships of Madrid]].<ref name=Parages/> He won a total of nine official titles during his career. Parages played a crucial role in the first great team in the history of Real Madrid since he was able to pass on to his teammates the knowledge that he had acquired in [[England]] about football.<ref name=Parages/>

In 1904, Parages became part of the board of directors chaired by Carlos Padrós. It was his first contact with the management tasks of the club. He hung up his boots in 1908 to devote himself to managerial tasks, although he played a few sporadic matches until 1909.<ref name=Parages/> In addition to his valuable contributions as a player, Parages was also the author of the club's rules and regulations, which he drew up from the experience he acquired in England.<ref name=President/>

==Presidency==
In addition to being a great player, he was also a great patron for the entity, and his main achievement as such was getting the funds for the construction of the first proper [[football pitch]] the club ever owned, the [[Campo de O'Donnell]], which opened in 1912, during his first [[Acting (law)|interim]] presidency, but despite being only a short spell in the absence of the then president [[Adolfo Meléndez]], it left a big mark in the club since O'Donnell allowed the exploitation of football as a sporting spectacle by charging money for tickets for the first time in the country's history.<ref name=President/> After a few years on the club's board, some of which as interim or transitional president, he finally officially accepted the position in 1916, becoming the entity's fifth president.<ref name=CIHEFE/> His first year in office (1917) was a triumphant one, as Real Madrid won their first Copa del Rey since 1908, as well as the regional championship title.<ref name=President/>

In that same year, he was the architect of the acceptance of the word "soccer" by the Royal Spanish Academy, until then known as "football", due to its origin.<ref name=word>{{Cite web |url=https://www.larazon.es/deportes/futbol/real-madrid/20220303/k4nidmknc5h3hd6bo4c4tj2rpa.html |title=El presidente del Real Madrid que llevó la palabra "fútbol" a la Real Academia Española |trans-title=The president of Real Madrid who brought the word "football" to the Royal Spanish Academy |language=es |website=www.larazon.es |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024195940/https://www.larazon.es/deportes/futbol/real-madrid/20220303/k4nidmknc5h3hd6bo4c4tj2rpa.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It became "soccer" since then, despite the fact that historians and academics of the Spanish Language, advised in the most Castilian "football".

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In addition to O'Donnell, he also oversaw the construction of [[Campo de Ciudad Lineal]] in 1922, which was the first Madrid field with grass.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://soymadridista.com/2018/04/28/el-estadio-de-ciudad-lineal-el-primer-campo-del-madrid-con-cesped/ |title=El estadio de Ciudad Lineal, el primer campo del Madrid con césped |trans-title=The Ciudad Lineal stadium, the first Madrid field with grass |language=es |website=soymadridista.com |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024195941/https://soymadridista.com/2018/04/28/el-estadio-de-ciudad-lineal-el-primer-campo-del-madrid-con-cesped/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> However, Real Madrid was one of the most ambitious clubs of the time, and just two years later, in 1924, the club felt the need for a much larger stadium, and thus the [[Estadio Chamartín]] was built, moving from a venue with 8,000 spectators to another with the capacity for a crowd of 25,000 people. They bought the land for 642,000 pesetas, and once again, it was Pedro Parages, who together with [[José María Peña]], [[Bernardo Menéndez]] and Carlos López Quesada, endorsed the amount.<ref name=Parages/><ref name=Chamartin>{{Cite web |url=https://revistalibero.com/blogs/contenidos/el-presidente-que-salvo-chamartin |title=El presidente que salvó Chamartín |trans-title=The president who saved Chamartín |language=es |website=revistalibero.com |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024104849/https://revistalibero.com/blogs/contenidos/el-presidente-que-salvo-chamartin |url-status=live }}</ref> Chamartín opened on 17 May 1924 with a match against the [[Professionalism in association football|professional]] [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], which the [[Amateur sports|amateur]] Real Madrid players defeated by 3–2.<ref name=President/><ref name=Chamartin/>

One of the most remarkable events during his presidency was the reception of the Royal title of "Real", given by the King of Spain, Alfonso XIII.<ref name=President/> Parages finished his mandate on 16 May 1926. Notably, he held the interim presidency again in 1928–29, until the election in 1930, which was won by [[Luis Usera Bugallal]]. He never renounced that dual nationality, something that prevented him, after the [[Spanish Civil War]], from accessing the presidency of the club, since the authorities of the time banned this possibility to citizens with any nationalities other than Spanish.<ref name=Parages/>

==Managerial career==
During his time as president of Madrid FC, Parages managed the Spain national team in 1923–24, coinciding with the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. The team would be eliminated in the preliminary round by [[Italy national football team|Italy]] after losing 1–0, thanks to an [[Own goal#Association football|own goal]] from [[Pedro Vallana]].<ref name=Manager/> In total, he managed the team in three games with a balance of one game won, one tied, and one lost with three goals in favor and only one against, Vallana's own goal against Italy, which was his last match.<ref name=Manager/>

==Death==
His outstanding work in favor of the growing sport of football earned him in the 1931–32 season the recently inaugurated distinction of the ''Medalla al Mérito del Fútbol'' awarded by the [[Royal Madrid Football Federation|Madrid Football Federation]].<ref name=Castellana/>

He was married to Nieves Gros Urquiola. He died on 15 February 1950, at the age of 66, in the French town of [[Saint-Loubès]]. He was the number one member of Madrid FC at that time of his death.<ref name=Parages/>

==Honours==
'''Real Madrid'''
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1905 Copa del Rey|1905]], [[1906 Copa del Rey|1906]], [[1907 Copa del Rey|1907]], [[1908 Copa del Rey|1908]]
*[[Campeonato Regional Centro]]: 1902–03, 1904–05, 1905–06, 1907–08

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{EU-Football.info manager|851}}

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