Sergi in 2009
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergi Barjuán Esclusa | ||
Date of birth | 28 December 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Les Franqueses, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
Granollers | |||
1988–1992 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Barcelona B | 42 | (4) |
1993–2002 | Barcelona | 267 | (6) |
2002–2005 | Atlético Madrid | 85 | (0) |
Total | 394 | (10) | |
National team | |||
1990 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
1994–2002 | Spain | 56 | (1) |
1998–2004 | Catalonia | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2009–2011 | Barcelona (youth) | ||
2012–2014 | Recreativo | ||
2015 | Almería | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Sergi Barjuán Esclusa (Catalan: [ˈsɛrʒi βərʒuˈan j əsˈkɫuzə], Spanish: [ˈserʝi βarˈxwan j esˈklusa]; born 28 December 1971), known simply as Sergi, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and a current coach.
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 Spanish national team shortly after making his professional club debut, he appeared in two World Cups and as many European Championships.
Born in Les Franqueses del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Sergi was a youth product of giants FC Barcelona. He had not yet appeared in La Liga when he was summoned by first-team manager Johan Cruyff to a UEFA Champions League group stage game away against Galatasaray S.K. (0–0, on 24 November 1993), and from then on became the side's undisputed first-choice, never playing less than 31 matches until 1999; with Barça he won three leagues, two cups and two supercups, adding the 1997 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the subsequent UEFA Super Cup, partnered in the other defensive wing by another youth graduate, Albert Ferrer.