Sergi Palencia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergi Palencia Hurtado | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Badalona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Badalona | ||
| 2006–2015 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Barcelona B | 64 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2017 | |||
Sergi Palencia Hurtado (born 23 March 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a right back.
Club career
Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Palencia started playing football for hometown club CF Badalona at the age of 8, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2006. In 2013, he was compared to Bayern Munich full back Philipp Lahm by Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo.[1]
On 29 March 2015, while still a youth, he was called up to the reserves for a Segunda División match against CD Tenerife,[2] and played his first match as a professional hours later, starting in a 1–1 home draw.[3] He and Álex Grimaldo were sent off on 25 April 2015 in a 2–1 win over SD Ponferradina at the Mini Estadi.[4] Palencia played eleven matches in a season which saw his team relegated to Segunda División B, scoring his first goal on 31 May in a 2–5 loss to CD Leganés at the Mini Estadi.[5]
On 10 August 2016, Palencia was named the B-team's captain.[6]
Club statistics
- As of 29 April 2017[7]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2014–15 | 11 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 64 | 1 | — | 64 | 1 | ||||||
| Career total | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | |
Honours
- Barcelona
References
- ^ "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Barça B–CD Tenerife: ¡A por los tres puntos!" (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Barça B – CD Tenerife: Valuable draw (2–2)". Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Una genialidad de Munir da aire a un filial que acabó con nueve" (in Spanish). Marca. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Result: Barcelona B thrashed by Leganes". Sports Mole. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Sergi Palencia, nuevo capitán del Barça B" (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Sergi Palencia at Soccerway
- ^ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
- Sergi Palencia – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Sergi Palencia at Soccerway