Sergi Palencia

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Palencia and the second or maternal family name is Hurtado.
Sergi Palencia
Personal information
Full name Sergi Palencia Hurtado
Date of birth (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996
Place of birth Badalona, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
Barcelona B
Youth career
Badalona
2006–2015 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Barcelona B 22 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

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, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2006.[1] In 2013, he was compared to Bayern Munich full back Philipp Lahm by Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.[2]

On 29 March 2015, while still a youth, he was called up to the reserves for a Segunda División match against CD Tenerife,[3] and played his first match as a professional hours later, starting in a 1–1 home draw.[4] He and Álex Grimaldo were sent off on 25 April 2015 in a 2–1 win over SD Ponferradina at the Mini Estadi.[5] 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.[6]

Club statistics

As of 17 January 2016[7]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B
2014–15 Segunda División 111111
2015–16 Segunda División B 110110
Total 221221
Career totals 221221

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" [Sergi Palencia, Lahm's double] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" [Sergi Palencia, Lahm's double] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "Barça B–CD Tenerife: ¡A por los tres puntos!" [Barça B–CD Tenerife: For the three points!] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  4. "Barça B – CD Tenerife: Valuable draw (2–2)". Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. "Una genialidad de Munir da aire a un filial que acabó con nueve" [Genius from Munir gives air to a reserve team which finished with nine] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. "Result: Barcelona B thrashed by Leganes". Sports Mole. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. Sergi Palencia profile at Soccerway
  8. "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

External links

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