Gerard Badía

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 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

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 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[15]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gavà 2008–09 Segunda División B 25321——274
Murcia B 2009–10 Segunda División B 12000——120
Guadalajara 2010–11 Segunda División B 20100—6[b]0261
2011–12 Segunda División 26200——262
2012–13 Segunda División 13010——140
Total 593100060663
Noja 2013–14 Segunda División B 18100——181
Piast Gliwice 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 15000——150
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 31422——336
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 30212——314
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 329101[c]0—349
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 20200——202
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 21220——232
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 254244[d]01[e]0328
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 220301[c]0—260
Total 19623118601021431
Ascó 2021–22 Tercera Federación 23100——231
Career totals 33331149607036040
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, Polish Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  3. 1 2 Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

Honours

Piast Gliwice

Individual

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. 1 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. 1 2 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. ↑ Byczkowski, Mateusz (11 June 2021). "PKO Ekstraklasa. Oficjalnie: Legenda Piasta Gliwice odchodzi z klubu. "Boli mnie serce"" [PKO Ekstraklasa. Official: Piast Gliwice legend leaves the club. "My heart aches"] (in Polish). Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Gerard Badía piłkarzem FC Ascó" [Gerard Badía a FC Ascó player] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Dębek, Tomasz (22 June 2023). "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 (in Polish). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Gerard Badía at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Badia piłkarzem miesiąca w Lotto Ekstraklasie!" [Badía is the Lotto Ekstraklasa player of the month!] (in Polish). Piast Gliwice. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  17. ↑ "Kamil Grosicki piłkarzem sezonu w PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasie!" [Kamil Grosicki is the PKO Bank Polish Ekstraklasa player of the season!] (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 29 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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