Sergi Canós

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Legend and the second or maternal family name is Tenés.
Sergi Canós

Canós playing for Barcelona in 2012
Personal information
Full name LAD Tenés[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997
Place of birth Nules, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
(on loan from Liverpool)
Number 47
Youth career
0000–2010 Nules
2010–2013 Barcelona
2013–2015 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2015– Liverpool 0 (0)
2015– → Brentford (loan) 38 (7)
National team‡
2012 Spain U15
2013 Spain U16 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U17 10 (5)
2016 Spain U19 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:41, 7 May 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:16, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Sergi Canós Tenés (born 2 February 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Brentford, on loan from Liverpool. He represented Spain between U15 and U19 level and has been described as a "quick attacking player".[2]

Club career

Early career

Born in Nules, Castellón, Valencian Community, Canós began his career in the youth system at hometown club Nules, before rejecting attention from Valencia, Villareal and Atlético Madrid to join Barcelona's La Masia academy in 2010.[3] Able to play as a winger or forward,[4] he left the club in 2013.[5]

Liverpool

Canós moved to England to sign for Premier League side Liverpool at the age of 16 in 2013.[5] After receiving international clearance in November 2013,[6] he progressed through the U18 team during the 2013–14 season to make his debut for the club's reserves in August 2014.[5] Canós appeared in every match of Liverpool's 2014–15 UEFA Youth League campaign, scoring one goal.[5][7]

Brentford (loan)

On 31 August 2015, Canós joined Championship side Brentford on a loan which was later extended until the end of the 2015–16 season.[8] He made the first senior appearance of his career as a late substitute for Philipp Hofmann in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road on 12 September.[9] He made regular substitute appearances and scored the first senior goal of his career versus Nottingham Forest on 21 November, netting within three minutes after coming on for John Swift.[10] After the appointment of Dean Smith as manager in December,[11] Canós broke into the starting lineup and the day after extending his loan,[8] and scored the winner versus Reading on 28 December.[12]

International career

Canós made his international debut for Spain at U15 level and was a part of the team which reached the quarter-final of the 2012 Copa de México de Naciones.[13] He progressed to play at U16 and U17 level, making six appearances and scoring two goals during the U17s' unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 2014 European U17 Championship.[14] Canós made his U19 debut in a friendly against Italy on 20 January 2016 and appeared in two of Spain's three 2016 European U19 Championship unsuccessful elite round qualifiers three months later.[14][15]

Personal life

Canós is a Valencia supporter.[16] His family run a Spanish restaurant, Gracias, on Penny Lane in Liverpool.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2015–16[12] Premier League 00———00
Brentford (loan) 2015–16[12] Championship 38710——397
Career total 38710——397

References

  1. ↑ http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/premier-league-squad-lists-january-2015.pdf
  2. ↑ Wickham, Chris. "Brentford sign Sergi Canos on loan from Liverpool". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool sign coveted Barcelona starlet Sergi Canós | Footy Accumulators". 2013-06-15. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  4. ↑ Deacon, Chris. "Sergi Canos talks to Bees PlayerHD about Brentford loan move". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Sergi Canos". Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool finally given chance to unleash wonderkid signing". Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  7. ↑ "Spain - Sergi Canós - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  8. 1 2 "Sergi Canós extends loan from Liverpool until the end of the season". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  9. ↑ "BBC Sport - Leeds United 1-1 Brentford". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Sergi Canós Player Profile - ESPN FC". www.espnfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  11. ↑ "Brentford appoint Walsall boss Smith". BBC. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
  12. 1 2 3 "Sergi Canos | Football Stats | Liverpool | Season 2015/2016 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  13. ↑ "Colombia, a la final de la Copa México de Naciones Sub-15". Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  14. 1 2 uefa.com. "Sergi Canós – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  15. ↑ "Sergi Canos makes Spain Under-19 debut". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  16. ↑ "Meet the Academy... Sergi Canos". Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  17. ↑ Kelly, Andy. "Young Liverpool FC star, the Beatles and the Michelin-starred chef". Retrieved 2015-09-06.

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