Gerard Badía

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Badía and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.
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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