Sergi Samper
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergi Samper Montaña[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 20 January 1995||
Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Vissel Kobe | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2013 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Barcelona B | 103 | (0) |
2014–2019 | Barcelona | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Granada (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2019– | Vissel Kobe | 82 | (0) |
National team | |||
2011 | Spain U16 | 6 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Spain U17 | 8 | (2) |
2013 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 4 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Catalonia | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:02, 19 February 2022 (UTC) |
Sergi Samper Montaña (born 20 January 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Japanese club Vissel Kobe as a defensive midfielder.
Club career[]
Barcelona[]
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Samper joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2001 at age 6, after a successful trial.[3] On 9 May 2013, he signed a four-year professional contract.[4]
On 10 June 2013, Samper was promoted to the reserves who competed in Segunda División.[5] He made his professional debut on 17 August in a 2–1 away defeat against CD Mirandés,[6] appearing in a further 39 matches during the season to help to a third-place finish.
Samper made his first-team debut on 17 September 2014, starting in a 1–0 home victory over APOEL FC in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[7] His first match in La Liga took place the following 12 March, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrés Iniesta in the 6–0 home rout of Getafe CF.[8]
On 26 August 2016, Samper joined Granada CF on a season-long loan.[9] He moved to UD Las Palmas a year later, also on loan,[10] but the spell was cut short following a serious injury.[11]
Vissel Kobe[]
On 4 March 2019, Samper terminated his contract with Barcelona and left the Camp Nou after 18 years.[12] Three days later, he joined J1 League club Vissel Kobe.[13][14]
International career[]
Samper won his first cap for the Spanish under-21 team on 12 November 2014 at the age of 19, playing the entire 1–4 friendly home loss to Belgium.[15]
Personal life[]
Sergi's older brother, Jordi, is a professional tennis player.[16]
Club statistics[]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona B | 2013–14 | 40 | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |||||||
2014–15 | 34 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||||||||
2015–16 | 29 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | 103 | 0 | — | 103 | 0 | ||||||||
Barcelona | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Granada (loan) | 2016–17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||||
Las Palmas (loan) | 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
Vissel Kobe | 2019 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
2020 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 1 | |
Career total | 153 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 1 |
- ^ a b All appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup
Honours[]
Barcelona
- La Liga: 2015–16
- Copa del Rey: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Supercopa de España: 2016
- UEFA Champions League: 2014–15
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2015
Vissel Kobe
References[]
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 29 de agosto de 2015, en Sabadell" [Minutes of the match held on 29 August 2015, in Sabadell] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Sergi Samper". Diario AS. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ Domènech, Oriol (9 May 2013). "Samper: el Pirlo de la cantera" [Samper: the youth system's Pirlo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Domènech, Oriol (9 May 2013). "El Barça apuesta por Sergi Samper, que renueva por cuatro temporadas" [Barça bet on Sergi Samper, who renews for four seasons]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Siete juveniles suben al Barça B para la temporada 2013/14" [Seven youth players promoted to Barça B for the 2013/14 season] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "Prieto sostiene al Mirandés" [Prieto sustains Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ Kemp, Jamie (17 September 2014). "Samper: Making my debut in this competition is priceless". Inside Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ Capdevila, Josep (12 March 2016). "Sergi Samper debuta en Liga con el Barcelona" [Sergi Samper makes League debut with Barcelona]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Agreement with Granada for loan of Sergi Samper". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Las Palmas y Barcelona acuerdan la cesión del centrocampista Samper" [Las Palmas and Barcelona agree on loan of midfielder Samper] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "La UD Las Palmas, el FC Barcelona y Sergi Samper acuerdan la finalización de la cesión" [UD Las Palmas, FC Barcelona and Sergi Samper agree to end loan] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Agreement for the cancellation of Sergi Samper's contract". FC Barcelona. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "FCバルセロナ(スペイン)よりMFセルジ サンペール選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ" [FC Barcelona (Spain) announce transfer completion of midfielder Sergi Samper] (in Japanese). Vissel Kobe. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Vissel Kobe sign former FC Barcelona midfielder Sergi Samper". Vissel Kobe. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Cudeiro, Juan Luis (12 November 2014). "Tsunami belga a la nueva ola española" [Belgian tsunami to the new Spanish wave]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Rubio, David (26 June 2014). "Sergi Samper: Un Guardiola adaptado a los tiempos modernos" [Sergi Samper: A Guardiola adapted to modern times]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Sergi Samper at Soccerway
- ^ Sergi Samper at ESPN FC
- ^ "Andrés Iniesta skippers Vissel Kobe to first trophy in David Villa's final match". Diario AS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Duerden, John (8 February 2020). "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
External links[]
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- FC Barcelona official profile
- Sergi Samper at BDFutbol
- Sergi Samper – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Sergi Samper at J.League (in Japanese)
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