Gerard Badía

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Gerard Badía
Personal information
Full name Gerard Badía Cortés
Date of birth (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Horta de Sant Joan, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Ascó
Youth career
Tortosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Tortosa 68 (7)
2008–2009 Gavà 25 (3)
2009–2010 Murcia B 12 (0)
2010–2013 Guadalajara 59 (3)
2013–2014 Noja 18 (1)
2014–2021 Piast Gliwice 196 (23)
2021– Ascó 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2021

Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Ascó as a midfielder.

He spent his professional career with Guadalajara and Piast Gliwice, winning the Ekstraklasa with the latter club.[1]

Club career[]

Born in Horta de Sant Joan, Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Badía all but spent his career in his country in the lower leagues.[2] The exception to this was in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, when he appeared for CD Guadalajara in the Segunda División.[3][4][5][6]

Badía signed with Polish club Piast Gliwice in February 2014, from SD Noja.[7] He made his Ekstraklasa debut on the 17th, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Wisła Kraków.[8]

In the 2018–19 campaign, Badía contributed 21 matches and two goals[9][10] as Piast won the first national championship in their 74-year history.[11] During his spell at the Stadion Miejski, he made more than 200 competitive appearances.[2]

Badía returned to both Catalonia and amateur football on 14 July 2021, with the 31-year-old joining FC Ascó.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 19 May 2019[13]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guadalajara 2010–11 Segunda División B 20 1 0 0 6[a] 0 26 1
2011–12 Segunda División 26 2 0 0 26 2
2012–13 13 0 1 0 14 0
Total 59 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 66 3
Noja 2013–14 Segunda División B 18 1 0 0 18 1
Piast Gliwice 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 15 0 0 0 15 0
2014–15 31 4 2 2 33 6
2015–16 30 2 1 2 31 4
2016–17 32 9 1 0 1[b] 0 34 9
2017–18 20 2 0 0 20 2
2018–19 21 2 2 0 23 2
Total 149 19 6 4 1 0 0 0 156 23
Career totals 226 23 7 4 1 0 6 0 240 27
  1. ^ Appearances in the 2011 Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League

Honours[]

Piast Gliwice

References[]

  1. ^ Podstufka, Szymon (20 March 2020). "Gerard Badia: "Jak pokazujesz jaja na boisku, kibic wybaczy ci dużo więcej"" [Gerard Badia: "If you show your balls on the pitch, the fans will be a lot more forgiving"] (in Polish). Weszlo. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Algueró, Enric (19 February 2021). "Gerard Badia alcanza los 200 partidos con el Piast" [Gerard Badia raches 200 matches with Piast]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2–2: Florian salva un punto para el Sabadell en el añadido" [2–2: Florian rescues point for Sabadell in injury time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "El sueño del Córdoba pasa por volver a ganar" [Córdoba have to win to keep dreaming]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sánchez, Jorge (5 June 2012). "¡Terrazas prescinde de 17 futbolistas!" [Terrazas releases 17 footballers!]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "El Guadalajara podría sentenciar a otro histórico" [Guadalajara could finish another historic]. La Información (in Spanish). 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Transfery 2014. Gerard Badia piłkarzem Piasta Gliwice" [2014 Transfers. Gerard Badia a Piast Gliwice player]. Super Express (in Polish). 6 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Zadecydował rzut karny. Wisła wygrała w Gliwicach" [Penalty kick the decider. Wisła won in Gliwice] (in Polish). TVP Sport. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ Kuczyński, Tomasz (29 September 2018). "Piast Gliwice – Górnik Zabrze 1:0. Barcelona ma Messiego, a Piast Badiego ZDJĘCIA + OPIS" [Piast Gliwice – Górnik Zabrze 1:0. Barcelona have Messi and Piast have Badía PICTURES + SUMMARY]. Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Ekstraklasa: Porażka Legii Warszawa. Piast Gliwice włącza się do walki o mistrzostwo" [Ekstraklasa: Legia Warsaw beaten. Piast Gliwice join championship fight]. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b Manchón, Martín (20 May 2019). "Gerard Badía y Jorge Félix conquistan la Ekstraklasa" [Gerard Badía and Jorge Félix win the Ekstraklasa]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Gerard Badía piłkarzem FC Ascó" [Gerard Badía a FC Ascó player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  13. ^ Gerard Badía at Soccerway

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