Sergi Barjuán

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Sergi
Personal information
Full name	Sergi Barjuán i Esclusa
Date of birth	December 28, 1971 (1971-12-28) (age 37)
Place of birth	Les Franqueses, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
1988–1992	Barcelona
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1994 1993–2002 2002–2005	Barcelona B Barcelona Atlético Madrid	042 (3) 267 (6) 085 (0)
National team
1993–1994 1994–2002	Spain U21 Spain	005 (0) 056 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Sergi Barjuán i Esclusa (born December 28, 1971 in Les Franqueses del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia), simply Sergi, is a former Spanish football left defender, best known for his FC Barcelona stint. He is currently coach of FC Barcelona Juvenil B.

[edit] Club career

A youth product of Catalonia giants FC Barcelona, Sergi had not yet appeared in the league when he was summoned by then manager Johan Cruyff to a UEFA Champions League match at Galatasaray S.K. (0-0, on November 24, 1993). From then on, he became the side's undisputed first-choice, never playing less than 31 contests until 1999. With Barça, he won three leagues, two cups and two supercups, adding the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup and the subsequent UEFA Supercup.

After being deemed surplus to requirements by coach Louis van Gaal, Sergi moved to Atlético de Madrid, where he still posted three respectable seasons (85 league appearances, although he collected 33 yellow cards combined).

[edit] International career

Shortly after having been promoted into Barcelona's main squad, Sergi made his debut for Spain, on February 9, 1994, in a friendly game with Poland, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

He went on to represent the nation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000, for a total of 56 caps.

[edit] External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Sergi Barjuán FIFA competition record

Spain Squad v • d • e Spain squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Ferrer • 3 Otero • 4 Camarasa • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Goikoetxea • 8 Guerrero • 9 Guardiola • 10 Bakero • 11 Begiristain • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Juanele • 15 Caminero • 16 Miñambres • 17 Voro • 18 Alkorta • 19 Salinas • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Lopetegui • Coach: Clemente v • d • e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Zubizarreta • 2 López • 3 Belsué • 4 Alkorta • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Amavisca • 8 Guerrero • 9 Pizzi • 10 Donato • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Kiko • 15 Caminero • 16 Otero • 17 Manjarín • 18 Amor • 19 Salinas • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Molina • Coach: Clemente v • d • e Spain squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Ferrer • 3 Aranzábal • 4 Alkorta • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Morientes • 8 Guerrero • 9 Pizzi • 10 Raúl • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Cañizares • 14 Campo • 15 Aguilera • 16 Celades • 17 Etxeberria • 18 Amor • 19 Kiko • 20 Nadal • 21 Luis Enrique • 22 Molina • Coach: Clemente v • d • e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Cañizares • 2 Salgado • 3 Aranzábal • 4 Guardiola • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro (c) • 7 Helguera • 8 Fran • 9 Munitis • 10 Raúl • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Casillas • 14 Gerard • 15 Engonga • 16 Mendieta • 17 Etxeberria • 18 Paco • 19 Velasco • 20 Urzaiz • 21 Valerón • 22 Molina • Coach: Camacho

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