Sergi Barjuán
Spanish association football manager and former player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergi Barjuán Esclusa (born 28 December 1971), known simply as Sergi as a player, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager.
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Full name | Sergi Barjuán Esclusa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1971-12-28) 28 December 1971 (age 52)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Les Franqueses, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1988 | Granollers | ||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Barcelona C | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Barcelona B | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1993–2002 | Barcelona | 267 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Atlético Madrid | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 394 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1990 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1994–2002 | Spain | 56 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2004 | Catalonia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Barcelona (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Recreativo | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Almería | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Mallorca | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Zhejiang Greentown | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | Barcelona (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Best known for his Barcelona stint, he played for the first team for nine seasons and made a major contribution to the winning of nine major titles. Having reached the Spain national team shortly after making his professional club debut, he appeared in two World Cups and as many European Championships.
In 2009, Barjuán embarked on a managerial career, leading Recreativo, Almería and Mallorca. He also had brief La Liga spells at the second of those clubs, and in interim charge of Barcelona.