Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Badía Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Horta de Sant Joan, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2022 | Ascó | 23 | (1) |
| Total | 401 | (38) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He spent his professional career with Guadalajara and Piast Gliwice, winning the Ekstraklasa with the latter club.[1]
Club career edit
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] After retiring, he took a job at a vulcanization facility.[13]
Career statistics edit
- As of match played 19 May 2019[14]
| 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 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the 2011 Segunda División B play-offs
- ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
Honours edit
Piast Gliwice
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2023[15]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Algueró, Enric (19 February 2021). "Gerard Badia alcanza los 200 partidos con el Piast" [Gerard Badia reaches 200 matches with Piast]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sánchez, Jorge (5 June 2012). "¡Terrazas prescinde de 17 futbolistas!" [Terrazas releases 17 footballers!]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "El Guadalajara podría sentenciar a otro histórico" [Guadalajara could finish another historic]. La Información (in Spanish). 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Manchón, Martín (20 May 2019). "Gerard Badía y Jorge Félix conquistan la Ekstraklasa" [Gerard Badía and Jorge Félix conquer the Ekstraklasa]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Gerard Badía piłkarzem FC Ascó" [Gerard Badía a FC Ascó player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Dębek, Tomasz (22 June 2023). "Legenda Ekstraklasy prowadzi nietypowy biznes. "Brudzę ręce dla moich dzieci" – mówi Faktowi" [Ekstraklasa legend runs unusual business. "I get my hands dirty for my children" – he tells Fakt]. Fakt (in Polish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Gerard Badía at Soccerway
- ^ "Kamil Grosicki piłkarzem sezonu w PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasie!" [Kamil Grosicki is the PKO Bank Polish Ekstraklasa player of the season!] (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
External links edit
- Gerard Badía at BDFutbol
- Gerard Badía at 90minut.pl (in Polish)