Sergi Palencia

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Palencia and the second or maternal family name is Hurtado.
Sergi Palencia
Personal information
Full nameSergi Palencia Hurtado
Date of birth23 March 1996
Place of birthBadalona, Spain
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionRight back
Club information
Current team
Barcelona B
Number32
Youth career
Badalona
2006–2015Barcelona
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2015–Barcelona B5(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sergi Palencia Hurtado (born 23 March 1996), is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a right back.

Club career

Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Palencia started playing football for hometown club CF Badalona, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2006.[1] On 29 March 2015, while still a youth, he was called up to the reserves for a Segunda División match against CD Tenerife.[2]

Palencia played his first match as a professional hours later, starting in a 1–1 home draw.[3] He has been compared to Bayern Munich full back Philipp Lahm by Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.[4]

Club statistics

As of 25 April 2015[5]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B
2014–15 50—50
Total 50—50
Career totals 50—50

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" [Sergi Palencia, Lahm's double] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Barça B–CD Tenerife: ¡A por los tres puntos!" [Barça B–CD Tenerife: For the three points!] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Barça B – CD Tenerife: Valuable draw (2–2)". Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" [Sergi Palencia, Lahm's double] (in Spanish). El Mundo Deportivo. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Sergi Palencia profile at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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