Sergi Roberto

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Sergi Roberto
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Roberto playing for Barcelona B in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sergi Roberto Carnicer[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Reus, Spain
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 20
Youth career
2001–2005 Santes Creus
2005–2006 Gimnàstic
2006–2009 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Barcelona B 106 (7)
2010– Barcelona 46 (0)
International career‡
2008–2009 Spain U17 11 (3)
2010–2011 Spain U19 9 (0)
2011 Spain U20 5 (1)
2011–2014 Spain U21 14 (2)
2011– Catalonia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2015

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Roberto and the second or maternal family name is Carnicer.

Sergi Roberto Carnicer (born in 7 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona mainly as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Sergi Roberto began playing football with local UE Barri Santes Creus at the age of 9,[2] arriving in FC Barcelona's youth academy five years later from neighbours Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[3] In the 2009–10 season, at only 17, he first appeared with Barça's reserves, contributing with 22 games as the team returned to the second division after 11 years.

On 10 November 2010, Roberto made his debut for the first team, playing the second half of a 5–1 home win against AD Ceuta for the campaign's Copa del Rey (7–1 on aggregate).[4] On 27 April of the following year he made his first UEFA Champions League appearance, coming on as a substitute for David Villa in the last minute of a 2–0 away win against Real Madrid, for the competition semifinals' first leg.[5]

Roberto first appeared in La Liga on 21 May 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–1 win at Málaga CF in the season's last round.[6] His first start for the main squad came on 6 December of that year, against FC BATE Borisov in the Champions League group stage, as manager Pep Guardiola rested all his starters for the upcoming El Clásico: in the 35th minute, he opened the scoring in an eventual 4–0 home win.[7]

In only his third official appearance for Barcelona's first team, on 12 January 2012, Roberto scored his second goal, helping the visitors come from behind to win it 2–1 against CA Osasuna in the domestic cup (6–1 on aggregate).[8] On 16 December 2014, also in that competition, he netted his third, contributing to a 8–1 demolition of SD Huesca at the Camp Nou.[9]

In the 2015–16 season, after being reconverted by manager Luis Enrique and merely months after nearly being deemed surplus to requirements,[10][11] Roberto appeared as a right back in several games.[12][13]

International career

Sergi Roberto playing for Catalonia against Cape Verde in 2013.

In October 2009, shortly after making his Barcelona B debuts, Sergi Roberto was summoned by the Spanish under-17 team for the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria. On 5 November, before being substituted by Javier Espinosa in the 88th minute, he scored a hat-trick against Burkina Faso at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.[14] Spain eventually finished third in the tournament, with him and Atlético Madrid's Borja González accounting for eight of the team's total goals.

Roberto made his debut for the under-21 side on 5 September 2011, playing the last four minutes of the 2–0 win in Lugo over Georgia for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[15]

Club statistics

As of 9 January 2016[16]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2009–10 29 0 — 29 0
2010–11 26 2 — 26 2
2011–12 28 4 — 28 4
2012–13 23 1 — 23 1
Total 106 7 — 106 7
Barcelona 2010–11 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 3 0
2011–12 1 0 2 1 1[lower-alpha 1] 1 0 0 4 2
2012–13 1 0 3 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 5 0
2013–14 17 0 6 0 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 27 0
2014–15 12 0 4 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 18 2
2015–16 14 0 0 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 1 4[lower-alpha 2] 0 23 1
Total 46 0 16 3 14 2 4 0 80 5
Career totals 152 7 16 3 14 2 4 0 186 12
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España and one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Club

Barcelona

International

Spain U17

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ El fax que le cambió la vida a Sergi Roberto (The fax that changed the life of Sergi Roberto); Sport, 13 November 2015 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Youth: Sergi Roberto aims to make a future at Barça; Total Barça, 21 March 2010
  4. ↑ Hay Barça para rato (We have Barça for a long time); Marca, 11 November 2010 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Ten-man Madrid undone by Messi magic; UEFA.com, 27 April 2011
  6. ↑ Second XI ease to win; ESPN Soccernet, 21 May 2011
  7. ↑ Youthful Barcelona breeze past BATE; UEFA.com, 6 December 2011
  8. ↑ Messi enciende las antiniebla (Messi turns fog lamps on); Marca, 12 January 2012 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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