Gerard Badía

Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Ascó as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Badía and the second or maternal family name is Cortés.
Gerard Badía
Personal information
Full name Gerard Badía Cortés
Date of birth (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989
Place of birth Horta de Sant Joan, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ascó
Youth career
Tortosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Tortosa 68 (7)
2008–2009 Gavà 25 (3)
2009–2010 Murcia B 12 (0)
2010–2013 Guadalajara 59 (3)
2013–2014 Noja 18 (1)
2014–2021 Piast Gliwice 196 (23)
2021– Ascó 23 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:24, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

He spent his professional career with Guadalajara and Piast Gliwice, winning the Ekstraklasa with the latter club.[1]

Club career

Born in Horta de Sant Joan, Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Badía all but spent his career in his country in the lower leagues.[2] The exception to this was in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, when he appeared for CD Guadalajara in the Segunda División.[3][4][5][6]

Badía signed with Polish club Piast Gliwice in February 2014, from SD Noja.[7] He made his Ekstraklasa debut on the 17th, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Wisła Kraków.[8]

In the 2018–19 campaign, Badía contributed 21 matches and two goals[9][10] as Piast won the first national championship in their 74-year history.[11] During his spell at the Stadion Miejski, he made more than 200 competitive appearances.[2]

Badía returned to both Catalonia and amateur football on 14 July 2021, with the 31-year-old joining FC Ascó.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 May 2019[13]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guadalajara 2010–11 Segunda División B 20100—6[lower-alpha 1]0261
2011–12 Segunda División 26200—262
2012–13 13010—140
Total 593100060663
Noja 2013–14 Segunda División B 18100—181
Piast Gliwice 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 15000—150
2014–15 31422—336
2015–16 30212—314
2016–17 329101[lower-alpha 2]0—349
2017–18 20200—202
2018–19 21220—232
Total 1491964100015623
Career totals 2262374106024027
  1. Appearances in the 2011 Segunda División B play-offs
  2. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Piast Gliwice

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2023[14]

References
  1. Podstufka, Szymon (20 March 2020). "Gerard Badia: "Jak pokazujesz jaja na boisku, kibic wybaczy ci dużo więcej"" [Gerard Badia: "If you show your balls on the pitch, the fans will be a lot more forgiving"] (in Polish). Weszlo. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. Algueró, Enric (19 February 2021). "Gerard Badia alcanza los 200 partidos con el Piast" [Gerard Badia reaches 200 matches with Piast]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "2–2: Florian salva un punto para el Sabadell en el añadido" [2–2: Florian rescues point for Sabadell in injury time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "El sueño del Córdoba pasa por volver a ganar" [Córdoba have to win to keep dreaming]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. Sánchez, Jorge (5 June 2012). "¡Terrazas prescinde de 17 futbolistas!" [Terrazas releases 17 footballers!]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. "El Guadalajara podría sentenciar a otro histórico" [Guadalajara could finish another historic]. La Información (in Spanish). 25 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. "Transfery 2014. Gerard Badia piłkarzem Piasta Gliwice" [2014 Transfers. Gerard Badia a Piast Gliwice player]. Super Express (in Polish). 6 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. "Zadecydował rzut karny. Wisła wygrała w Gliwicach" [Penalty kick the decider. Wisła won in Gliwice] (in Polish). TVP Sport. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. Kuczyński, Tomasz (29 September 2018). "Piast Gliwice – Górnik Zabrze 1:0. Barcelona ma Messiego, a Piast Badiego ZDJĘCIA + OPIS" [Piast Gliwice – Górnik Zabrze 1:0. Barcelona have Messi and Piast have Badía PICTURES + SUMMARY]. Dziennik Zachodni (in Polish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. "Ekstraklasa: Porażka Legii Warszawa. Piast Gliwice włącza się do walki o mistrzostwo" [Ekstraklasa: Legia Warsaw beaten. Piast Gliwice join championship fight]. Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. Manchón, Martín (20 May 2019). "Gerard Badía y Jorge Félix conquistan la Ekstraklasa" [Gerard Badía and Jorge Félix conquer the Ekstraklasa]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. "Gerard Badía piłkarzem FC Ascó" [Gerard Badía a FC Ascó player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  13. Gerard Badía at Soccerway
  14. "Kamil Grosicki piłkarzem sezonu w PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasie!" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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