Sergi Barjuán

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Sergi
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Full name Sergi Barjuán i Esclusa
Date of birth 28 December 1971 (1971-12-28) (age 40)
Place of birth Les Franqueses, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
1988–1992 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Barcelona B 42 (4)
1993–2002 Barcelona 267 (6)
2002–2005 Atlético Madrid 85 (0)
Total 394 (10)
National team
1990 Spain U18 1 (0)
1993–1994 Spain U21 5 (0)
1994–2002 Spain 56 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sergi Barjuán i Esclusa (born 28 December 1971 in Les Franqueses del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia), simply Sergi, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.

Best known for his FC Barcelona stint, he played nearly one full decade for the first team, being a major part in the conquest of nine major titles. Having reached the Spanish national team shortly after making his professional club debut, he appeared in two World Cups and as many European Championships.

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[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 group stage match at Galatasaray S.K. (0–0, on 24 November 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 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the subsequent UEFA Super Cup, partnered in the other defensive wing by another youth graduate, Albert Ferrer.

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).

In July 2009, after several years working in marketing and running soccer camps for youngsters, Sergi returned to Barcelona, being named its Juvenil B coach.[1]

[edit] International career

Shortly after having been promoted into Barcelona's main squad, Sergi made his debut for Spain on 9 February 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 World Cup and Euro 2000, for a total of 56 caps.[2]

[edit] Club statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
1993–94 Barcelona La Liga 23 0 4 1 8 0 35 1
1994–95 34 1 3 0 8 0 45 1
1995–96 40 0 6 0 7 2 53 2
1996–97 34 1 8 0 7 0 49 1
1997–98 31 2 8 1 8 0 47 3
1998–99 35 0 5 1 5 0 45 1
1999–00 19 1 6 0 6 0 31 1
2000–01 33 1 6 0 13 0 52 1
2001–02 18 0 0 0 7 0 25 0
2002–03 Atlético Madrid La Liga 26 0 4 0 - 30 0
2003–04 32 0 5 0 - 37 0
2004–05 27 0 1 0 3 0 31 0
Total Spain 352 6 56 3 72 2 480 11

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Preceded by
Josep Guardiola
FC Barcelona captain
2001–02
Succeeded by
Luis Enrique
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