Delfí Geli
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Delfí Geli i Roura | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Salt, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1986 | Salt | ||
| 1986–1987 | Coma Cros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1987–1989 | Girona | ||
| 1989–1991 | Barcelona B | 65 | (20) |
| 1990–1992 | Barcelona | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | → Albacete (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Albacete | 71 | (9) |
| 1994–1999 | Atlético Madrid | 139 | (9) |
| 1999–2000 | Albacete | 23 | (6) |
| 2000–2003 | Alavés | 100 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | Girona | 60 | (6) |
| Total | 491 | (55) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| 1993 | Catalonia | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Delfí Geli i Roura (born 22 April 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right defender.
Club career
Born in Salt, Girona, Catalonia, Geli began his professional career as a forward,[1] while playing for hometown Girona FC and FC Barcelona (he only appeared once for the latter's first team in La Liga, in a 0–0 home draw against Real Oviedo on 31 January 1990). Geli reconverted to right back at Albacete Balompié, signing with the Castile-La Mancha club in the 1991 summer and playing in 32 games in the team's first ever season in the top division.
In 1994–95, after scoring nine league goals for Albacete in his last two seasons combined, he joined Atlético de Madrid, and was instrumental in the capital side double conquest in the following season.
After a second spell with Albacete, now in the second level, 31-year old Geli moved to Deportivo Alavés in 2000, appearing in 35 matches (two goals) in his first year as the Basque finished in 10th position; while playing in the season's UEFA Cup final, he scored the decisive goal – an own golden goal which made the score 5–4 to opponents Liverpool.[2]
Geli returned to his first senior club in 2003, and retired after two seasons in the third division, having amassed professional totals of 366 games and 29 goals – 343/23 in the top flight alone.
International career
Geli represented Spain on four occasions in a one-year span. His debut came on 15 January 1992 in a friendly match with Portugal, in Torres Novas.
In 1993, Geli appeared twice for the Catalan autonomous team.[3]
Honours
- Barcelona
- Atlético Madrid
References
- ↑ La reconversión de Geli (Geli's reconversion); El País, 15 January 1992 (Spanish)
- ↑ Winter, Henry (3 September 2003). "UEFA Cup Final: Liverpool hit treble top". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
- ↑ "Llistat jugadors de la selecció catalana" [List of Catalan national team players] (in Catalan). Catalan Football Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data
- Delfí Geli at National-Football-Teams.com