Gerard Badía Explained

Gerard Badía
Fullname:Gerard Badía Cortés
Birth Date:18 October 1989
Birth Place:Horta de Sant Joan, Spain
Height:1.760NaN0
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Tortosa
Years1:2006–2008
Caps1:68
Goals1:7
Years2:2008–2009
Caps2:25
Goals2:3
Years3:2009–2010
Caps3:12
Goals3:0
Years4:2010–2013
Caps4:59
Goals4:3
Years5:2013–2014
Caps5:18
Goals5:1
Years6:2014–2021
Caps6:196
Goals6:23
Years7:2021–2022
Caps7:23
Goals7:1
Totalcaps:401
Totalgoals:38

Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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] After retiring, he took a job at a vulcanization facility.[13]

Career statistics

Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guadalajara2010–11Segunda División B2010060261
2011–12Segunda División26200262
2012–1313010140
Total593100060663
Noja2013–14Segunda División B18100181
Piast Gliwice2013–14Ekstraklasa15000150
2014–1531422336
2015–1630212314
2016–173291010349
2017–1820200202
2018–1921220232
Total1491964100015623
Career totals2262374106024027

Honours

Piast Gliwice

2018–19[11]

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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". Weszlo. Szymon. Podstufka. pl. 20 March 2020. 10 July 2021.
  2. News: Gerard Badia alcanza los 200 partidos con el Piast. Gerard Badia reaches 200 matches with Piast. Diari de Tarragona. Enric. Algueró. es. 19 February 2021. 25 July 2021.
  3. News: 2–2: Florian salva un punto para el Sabadell en el añadido. 2–2: Florian rescues point for Sabadell in injury time. Mundo Deportivo. es. 24 March 2012. 25 July 2021.
  4. News: El sueño del Córdoba pasa por volver a ganar. Córdoba have to win to keep dreaming. Marca. es. 26 April 2012. 25 July 2021.
  5. News: ¡Terrazas prescinde de 17 futbolistas!. Terrazas releases 17 footballers!. Marca. Jorge. Sánchez. es. 5 June 2012. 25 July 2021.
  6. News: El Guadalajara podría sentenciar a otro histórico. Guadalajara could finish another historic. La Información. es. 25 May 2013. 25 July 2021.
  7. News: Transfery 2014. Gerard Badia piłkarzem Piasta Gliwice. 2014 Transfers. Gerard Badia a Piast Gliwice player. Super Express. pl. 6 February 2014. 25 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Zadecydował rzut karny. Wisła wygrała w Gliwicach. Penalty kick the decider. Wisła won in Gliwice. TVP Sport. pl. 17 February 2014. 25 July 2021.
  9. News: 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. Tomasz. Kuczyński. pl. 29 September 2018. 25 July 2021.
  10. News: Ekstraklasa: Porażka Legii Warszawa. Piast Gliwice włącza się do walki o mistrzostwo. Ekstraklasa: Legia Warsaw beaten. Piast Gliwice join championship fight. Rzeczpospolita. pl. 4 May 2019. 25 July 2021.
  11. News: Gerard Badía y Jorge Félix conquistan la Ekstraklasa. Gerard Badía and Jorge Félix conquer the Ekstraklasa. Diario AS. Martín. Manchón. es. 20 May 2019. 25 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Gerard Badía piłkarzem FC Ascó. Gerard Badía a FC Ascó player. 90 Minut. pl. 14 July 2021. 14 July 2021.
  13. News: Legenda Ekstraklasy prowadzi nietypowy biznes. "Brudzę ręce dla moich dzieci" – mówi Faktowi. Ekstraklasa legend runs unusual business. "I get my hands dirty for my children" – he tells Fakt. Fakt. Tomasz. Dębek. pl. 22 June 2023. 9 November 2023.
  14. Web site: Badia piłkarzem miesiąca w Lotto Ekstraklasie!. Badía is the Lotto Ekstraklasa player of the month!. Piast Gliwice. pl. 29 March 2017. 8 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Kamil Grosicki piłkarzem sezonu w PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasie!. Kamil Grosicki is the PKO Bank Polish Ekstraklasa player of the season!. Ekstraklasa. pl. 29 May 2023. 29 May 2023. 30 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230530055156/https://www.ekstraklasa.org/aktualnosci/14324/kamil-grosicki-pilkarzem-sezonu-w-pko-bank-polski-ekstraklasie/. dead.