Gerard Badía
Spanish footballer (born 1989)
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Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Badía Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Horta de Sant Joan, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2022 | Ascó | 23 | (1) |
| Total | 401 | (38) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 214 competitive appearances.[12][2]
Badía returned to both Catalonia and amateur football on 14 July 2021, with the 31-year-old joining FC Ascó.[13] After retiring, he took a job at a vulcanization facility.[14]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gavà | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||
| Murcia B | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Guadalajara | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | Segunda División | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
| Noja | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||
| Piast Gliwice | 2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 6 | |||
| 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 32 | 8 | |
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||
| Total | 196 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 31 | ||
| Ascó | 2021–22 | Tercera Federación | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career totals | 333 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 360 | 40 | ||
- Includes Copa del Rey, Polish Cup
- Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Polish Super Cup
Honours
Piast Gliwice
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2017[16]
- Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2023[17]