Sergi Samper

Sergi Samper
Samper with Barcelona Juvenil in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sergi Samper Montaña
Date of birth (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 16
Youth career
2001–2013 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Barcelona B 103 (0)
2014– Barcelona 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada (loan) 22 (0)
2017–2018 → Las Palmas (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2011 Spain U16 6 (0)
2011–2012 Spain U17 8 (2)
2013 Spain U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 4 (1)
2014–2016 Spain U21 3 (0)
2015–2018 Catalonia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 December 2016

Sergi Samper Montaña (born 20 January 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Barcelona.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Samper joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2001 at age 6, after a successful trial.[1] On 9 May 2013, he signed a four-year professional contract.[2]

On 10 June 2013, Samper was promoted to the reserves who competed in Segunda División.[3] He made his professional debut on 17 August in a 1–2 away defeat against CD Mirandés,[4] appearing in a further 39 games during the season to help to a third-place finish.

On 17 September 2014, Samper made his first-team debut, starting in a 1–0 home victory over APOEL FC for the campaign's UEFA Champions League.[5] His first match in La Liga took place the following 12 March, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrés Iniesta in the 6–0 home rout of Getafe CF.[6]

On 26 August 2016, Samper joined Granada CF on a season-long loan.[7] Roughly one year later, in the same situation, he moved to UD Las Palmas;[8] his spell at the latter club was cut short, however, following a serious injury.[9]

International career

Samper won his first cap for the Spanish under-21 team on 12 November 2014 at the age of 19, playing the entire 1–4 friendly home loss to Belgium.[10]

Personal life

Sergi's older brother, Jordi, is a professional tennis player.[11]

Club statistics

As of 21 April 2017[12][13]
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2013–14 400—400
2014–15 340—340
2015–16 290—290
Total 1030—1030
Barcelona 2014–15 00301[lower-alpha 1]0—40
2015–16 10302[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]070
2016–17 0000001[lower-alpha 3]010
2017–18 00000[lower-alpha 1]00000
Total 10603020120
Granada (loan) 2016–17 22010—230
Career totals 12607030201380
  1. 1 2 3 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ Oriol Domènech (9 May 2013). "Samper: el Pirlo de la cantera" [Samper: the youth system's Pirlo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Oriol Domènech (9 May 2013). "El Barça apuesta por Sergi Samper, que renueva por cuatro temporadas" [Barça bet on Sergi Samper, who renews for four seasons]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Siete juveniles suben al Barça B para la temporada 2013/14" [Seven youth players promoted to Barça B for the 2013/14 season] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Prieto sostiene al Mirandés" [Prieto sustains Mirandés]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Kemp, Jamie (17 September 2014). "Samper: Making my debut in this competition is priceless". Inside Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Josep Capdevila (12 March 2016). "Sergi Samper debuta en Liga con el Barcelona" [Sergi Samper makes League debut with Barcelona]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Agreement with Granada for loan of Sergi Samper". FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Las Palmas y Barcelona acuerdan la cesión del centrocampista Samper" [Las Palmas and Barcelona agree on loan of midfielder Samper] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "La UD Las Palmas, el FC Barcelona y Sergi Samper acuerdan la finalización de la cesión" [UD Las Palmas, FC Barcelona and Sergi Samper agree to end loan] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Juan L. Cudeiro (12 November 2014). "Tsunami belga a la nueva ola española" [Belgian tsunami to the new Spanish wave]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  11. ↑ David Rubio (26 June 2014). "Sergi Samper: Un Guardiola adaptado a los tiempos modernos" [Sergi Samper: A Guardiola adapted to modern times]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  12. ↑ Sergi Samper at Soccerway
  13. ↑ Sergi Samper at ESPN FC
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