Jordi Amat

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Amat and the second or maternal family name is Maas.
Jordi Amat

Amat playing for Catalonia in 2013
Personal information
Full nameJordi Amat Maas[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992
Place of birthCanet de Mar, Spain
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current clubSwansea City
Number2
Youth career
Canet Mar
1999–2009Espanyol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2010Espanyol B17(0)
2010–2013Espanyol41(0)
2012–2013→ Rayo Vallecano (loan)27(1)
2013–Swansea City9(0)
National team‡
2008Spain U162(0)
2008–2009Spain U1711(1)
2010Spain U182(0)
2010–2011Spain U197(0)
2011Spain U205(0)
2011–Spain U2113(0)
2011–Catalonia2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2013

Jordi Amat Maas (born 21 March 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Swansea City in the Premier League, as a central defender.

Club career

Espanyol

Born in Canet de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Amat joined RCD Espanyol's youth system at the age of only seven. He began appearing as a senior with the B-team, in Segunda División B.[2]

On 24 January 2010, two months shy of his 18th birthday, Amat played his first La Liga game with the club, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Mallorca.[3] He finished his first full season with 26 league appearances (28 overall), helping the Pericos to a final eighth position.

For 2012–13 Amat was loaned to fellow top-divisioner Rayo Vallecano,[4] being first-choice during the campaign. On 24 February 2013 he scored his first goal for the Madrid oustkirts club, netting from 50 meters in an eventual 1–2 home loss to Real Valladolid and also putting one in his own net in the same match.[5][6]

Swansea City

On 27 June 2013, Premier League side Swansea City announced the club had signed Amat for a transfer fee of £2.5million on a four-year deal. It was subject to international clearance and a medical.[7] He made his official debut for his new club on 1 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home victory over Malmö FF in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[8]

Honours

Spain U17

Personal

Amat shares birthdate with fellow youth graduate Román Golobart.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ Jordi Amat: `això és increïble´ (Jordi Amat: `this is amazing´); Pericos Online, 23 January 2010 (Catalan)
  3. ↑ Espanyol frustrated by penalty; ESPN Soccernet, 24 January 2010
  4. ↑ Jordi Amat nueva incorporación para esta temporada (Jordi Amat new signing for this season); Rayo's official website, 17 July 2012 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Rayo suffer home defeat; Sky Sports, 24 January 2013
  6. ↑ Video: Defender scores from just inside half in Madrid; Talk Sport, 25 February 2013
  7. ↑ "Swans Amat boost". Swansea City A.F.C. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Swansea 4 Malmo 0: New boy Bony nets twice as £12m striker gives Laudrup big first leg lead in Europa League qualifying". Daily Mail. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Amat-Golobart, pareja de centrales" [Amat-Golobart, stopper duo] (in Spanish). Marcadorint. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013. 

External links

Swansea City A.F.C. – current squad
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