Víctor Font presents Ramon Cugat as new advisor to Sí al futur

You can see Ramon Cugat’s presentation here

Ramon Cugat was presented, at a midday press conference this Monday, as a member of the Sí al futur(“Yes to the Future” in Catalan) project led by Víctor Font.

Born in the village of L’Aldea, Catalonia, in 1950 and an FC Barcelona member (number 18905), Ramon Cugat will form part of the Board of Directors and will contribute to any strategic decisions that it makes on medical matters, and to the new psychology and performance area. If Víctor Font is elected President of FC Barcelona, Ramon Cugat will also act as an advisor on any sporting and institutional issues on which he can bring his experience to bear.

A world-renowned expert, Dr Cugat specialises in trauma and orthopaedics. He is considered an authority in the field of sports medicine, and is a staff doctor in the Catalan Footballers’ Mutual Society (MFC) and in the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). He has operated on thousands of footballers playing at every level. One of the most recent players he has performed surgery on was the Barça player Ansu Fati, on Monday 9 November. He has also treated Club legends, such as Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernández, Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta, Samuel Eto'o and Cesc Fábregas.

Ramon Cugat was a pioneer of arthroscopic operations in Spain, and was a member of the team of orthopaedic surgeons at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992.

Get to know Ramon Cugat:

1. Name: 

Ramon Cugat

2. Date and place of birth: 

25 August 1950, L’Aldea-Tortosa

3. Education: 

Bachelor’s of Medicine from the University of Barcelona, and a specialism in trauma and orthopaedics

4. Professional field and noteworthy experience:

After graduating, I specialised in arthroscopic surgery, and sports injuries of the knee and shoulder at:

• The Sports Medicine Centre at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard University) in Boston (MA, USA) under Bertram Zarina, MD PhD, for the knee and Carter Rowe, MD PhD, for the shoulder.

• New Hampshire and Maine: Lawrence Crane

• East Lansing: Lanny Johnson

• Richmond: Edward Caspari and Terry Whipple

• Toronto: Robert Jackson

• Kawasaki and Okinawa: Hiroshi Ikeuchi

• Hiroshima: Mitsuo Ochi

• Vitoria: Eduardo Anitua and Mikel Sánchez (regenerative medicine)

I have worked in:

• The field of occupational accidents: Montañesa Mutual Society

• Establishment of the arthroscopic surgery unit for the Hospital del Mar for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics (before, during and after the Games)

• Catalan Footballers’ Mutual Society (MFC)

• Artroscòpia-GC / Cugat Institute / Quirón Traumatology Institute

• García Cugat Foundation

5. My link to Barça: 

I played for Barça at youth level as an amateur.

6. What type of Culé are you? 

I’m Barça through and through, of the suffering type.

7. Our slogan means “Yes to the Future”. What do you think is the thing Barça need to improve most urgently in your field? 

Preventing injuries by making sure the players are always healthy and fit.

8. Do you have a couple of suggestions for those rare times when we are thinking of something other than Barça?

I like studying, researching, getting stuck into a subject that arouses my curiosity. I like looking after my plants too. On top of that, I love travelling, whether on foot, by bike, by car or by train.

Ramon Cugat photo gallery:

For more information, contact Pau Pujadas: +34 667 182 873