Sergi Roberto
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sergi Roberto Carnicer | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Reus, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Gimnàstic | ||
| 2006–2009 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009– | Barcelona B | 101 | (7) |
| 2010– | Barcelona | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2009 | Spain U17 | 11 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Spain U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) |
| 2011– | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011– | Catalonia | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 January 2013 | |||
Template:Spanish name Sergi Roberto Carnicer (born in 7 February 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central midfielder.
Club career
Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Sergi Roberto arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy aged 14, from Catalonian neighbours Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[1] In the 2009–10 season, at only 17, he first appeared with Barça's reserves, contributing with 22 games as the side returned to the second division after 11 years.
On 10 November 2010, Roberto made his debut for the first team, playing the second half of a 5–1 home win against AD Ceuta for the season's Spanish Cup (7–1 on aggregate). On 27 April of the following year, he made his first UEFA Champions League appearance, replacing David Villa in the last minute of a 2–0 away win against Real Madrid, for the competition semifinals' first leg.[2]
Roberto first appeared in La Liga on 21 May 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 win at Málaga CF, in the season's last round.[3] His first start for the main squad came on 6 December of that year, against FC BATE Borisov in the Champions League group stage, as manager Pep Guardiola rested all his starters for the upcoming El Clásico: in the 35th minute, he opened the scoring in an eventual 4–0 home win.[4]
In only his third official appearance for Barcelona's first team, on 12 January 2012, Roberto scored his second goal, helping the visitors come from behind to win it 2–1 against CA Osasuna in the season's domestic cup (6–1 on aggregate).[5]
International career
In October 2009, shortly after making his Barcelona B debuts, Sergi Roberto was summoned by the Spanish under-17 team for the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria.
On 5 November, before being substituted by Javier Espinosa in the 88th minute, he scored a hat-trick against Burkina Faso at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.[6] Spain eventually finished third in the tournament, with him and Atlético Madrid's Borja González accounting for eight of the team's total goals.
Honours
- Barcelona
- Spain U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third place 2009
Club statistics
- As of 14 April 2013[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2009–10 | 29 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 26 | 2 | — | 26 | 2 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 4 | — | 28 | 4 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 18 | 1 | — | 18 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 101 | 7 | — | 101 | 7 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| Career totals | 104 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 9 | |
References
- ^ Youth: Sergi Roberto aims to make a future at Barca; Total Barça, 21 March 2010
- ^ Ten-man Madrid undone by Messi magic; UEFA.com, 27 April 2011
- ^ Second XI ease to win; ESPN Soccernet, 21 May 2011
- ^ Youthful Barcelona breeze past BATE; UEFA.com, 6 December 2011
- ^ Messi enciende las antiniebla (Messi turns fog lamps on); Marca, 12 January 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ "Un 'hat trick' de Sergi Roberto mete a España en cuartos" (in Spanish). Sport. 5 November 2009.
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External links
- FC Barcelona official profile
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile Template:Es icon
- Sergi Roberto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Transfermarkt profile
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Reus
- Spanish footballers
- Catalan footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga footballers
- Segunda División footballers
- Segunda División B footballers
- FC Barcelona Atlètic footballers
- FC Barcelona footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers