| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andreu Fontàs i Prat | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Banyoles, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Barcelona | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2006 | Banyoles | ||
| 2006–2007 | Girona | ||
| 2007–2008 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2011 | Barcelona B | 72 | (2) |
| 2009– | Barcelona | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010– | Catalonia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Andreu Fontàs i Prat (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈdɾew funˈtas]; born 14 November 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona, mainly as a central defender.
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Born in Banyoles, Girona, Catalonia, Fontàs is a product of FC Barcelona's youth system - he did play for two other teams, including hometown's CD Banyoles. Originally a defensive midfielder, he was reconverted into central defender by the FC Barcelona B' coach Luis Enrique, a former Barcelona player.[1]
Fontàs made his first team debut on 31 August 2009, replacing another La Masia graduate, Gerard Piqué, in the final six minutes of a 3–0 La Liga home win against Sporting de Gijón. Earlier into the 2009–10 season, he was called by manager Josep Guardiola to the Spanish Supercup and UEFA Super Cup games, respectively against Athletic Bilbao and FC Shakhtar Donetsk, but finally did not make the bench on either occasion.[2] Fontàs spent the vast majority of his first senior seasons registered with the reserve team.
On 20 November 2010, Fontàs started for the first time in the league with the first team, assisting Pedro Rodríguez with a 50-meter pass for the fourth goal, as Barcelona trounced UD Almería 8–0 away. On 7 December, he made his UEFA Champions League debut, against FC Rubin Kazan: as the Catalans had already progressed to the knock-out stages as group winners, he scored in the 2–0 home win, converting a pass from fellow youth graduate Thiago Alcântara.[3]
On 16 March 2011, Fontàs was promoted to the senior team on a permanent basis after Éric Abidal was diagnosed with a tumour in his liver, thus becoming unavailable for the rest of the season.[4] He appeared in three consecutive games in May for the eventual champions, always as a left back. On the 15th, as a starter, he returned to his natural position, in a 0–0 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.[5]
As of 22 December 2011[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other [7] | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2008–09 | 20 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 27 | 1 | – | 27 | 1 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 25 | 1 | – | 25 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 72 | 2 | – | 72 | 2 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Career totals | 80 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 3 | |
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