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Gavi (footballer)
Pablo Martín Páez Gavira (; born 5 August 2004), known as Gavi (), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. In 2022, he won the Golden Boy award and received the Kopa Trophy, awarded by France Football during the 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony. Club career Early life and career Gavi was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Andalusia. He started his career at La Liara Balompié, a club in his hometown, where he spent two years, between 2010 and 2012. From there he moved on to Real Betis's youth academy, where he spent two seasons. He scored 95 goals for the youth team of Real Betis. Barcelona Youth career In 2015, at the age of 11, he signed for Barcelona. In September 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the Catalan club, and was promoted directly from the under-16 team to the under-19 team. He made his debut for Barcelona B on 21 February 2021, in the 6–0 home routing of L'Hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Boy (award)
The Golden Boy is an award that is given by sports journalists to a young footballer playing in Europe perceived to have been the most impressive during a calendar year (two halves to two separate seasons). All nominees must be under the age of 21 and play in a European nation's top tier. The 2022 edition was won by Barcelona's Gavi. Apart from the main award, an additional one, Golden Boy Web, is decided by online users. Selection The prize was established by Italian sports newspaper ''Tuttosport'' in 2003. Newspapers that now participate in voting include ''Bild'' (Germany), ''Blick'' (Switzerland), ''A Bola'' (Portugal), ''l'Équipe'' (France), ''France Football'' (France), '' Marca'' (Spain), ''Mundo Deportivo'' (Spain), ''Ta Nea'' (Greece), ''Sport Express'' (Russia), ''De Telegraaf'' (Netherlands), and ''The Times'' (United Kingdom). Each juror is allowed to nominate five players, the juror will allocate 10 points to the player that they perceive as the most impressive, 7 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the fourth-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $4.76 billion, and the world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed ''Blaugrana''. Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 75 trophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Ballon D'Or
The 2022 Ballon d'Or (French: ''Ballon d'Or'') was the 66th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2021–22 season. For the first time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year. The nominees for the ceremony were announced on 12 August 2022. Ballon d'Or The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022. Seven-time and reigning winner Lionel Messi was not nominated for the award for the first time since 2005. For the first time since 2007, all three players who reached the podium did it for the first time. Ballon d'Or Féminin The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022. Kopa Trophy The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022. Yashin Trophy The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022. Socrates Award Gerd Müller Trophy The award was previously known as the Striker o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girona FC
Girona Futbol Club, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, it plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 Segunda División play-offs. Girona holds its home matches at the 11,810-capacity Estadi Montilivi. The club also has youth and amateur women's teams for competition. History Football became of a particular interest in Girona at the beginning of the 20th century. The first major club in the city was Strong Esport (founded in 1902 under original name of FC Gerundense). In the 1920s in Girona there were two new clubs, CE Gironí and UD Girona. After the disappearance of the UD Girona it was decided to create a new football team in the city. On 23 July 1930, in the café Norat in La Rambla of Girona, Girona Futbol Club was founded upon the dissolution of Unió Esportiva Girona for economic reasons. On 1 August 1930 the city council authorized the club so that it could use the city's emblem on its badg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimnàstic De Tarragona
Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2. The club was founded in 1886 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Spain. It has teams competing in athletics, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, table tennis and futsal, but a football team was not formed until 1914. The team enjoyed a three-year La Liga spell in its beginnings (1947–50). Since 1972, the team has played home games at '' Nou Estadi'', which seats 14,591 spectators. History The club was founded on 1 March 1886 by a group of fifteen people who met at the ''Cafè del Centre'' on ''Rambla Nova''. The majority of the club's early members belonged to the upper middle class and, as the club name suggests, was initially founded to promote gymnastics. Later the club members began to organise fencing, hiking, boxing and cyclin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 FC Barcelona Season
The 2021–22 season was the List of FC Barcelona seasons, 122nd season in the existence of FC Barcelona and the club's 91st consecutive season in the top flight of Football in Spain, Spanish football. In addition to the 2021–22 La Liga, domestic league, FC Barcelona participated in this season's editions of the 2021–22 Copa del Rey, Copa del Rey, the 2021–22 Supercopa de España, Supercopa de España, the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League and the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League. This was the first season since 2003–04 FC Barcelona season, 2003–04 to not feature Lionel Messi, who transferred to Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain after his contract expired. Kits Season overview May On 31 May, Barcelona announced the signing of Sergio Agüero from Manchester City F.C., Manchester City on a Free transfer (association football), free transfer. June On 1 June, Barcelona announced the signing of Eric García (football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Segunda División B
The 2020–21 Segunda División B season was the 44th since its establishment and the last as the third tier. A total of 102 teams participated, and were distributed in three groups of 20 teams each and two groups of 21, with eight subgroups of ten teams each and two with eleven teams each. On 6 May 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced the expansion of the league to what were initially five groups of 20 teams each for the 2020–21 season due to promotion from the Tercera División groups in the curtailed past season being applied. The season began on 18 October, following approval by each of Spain's autonomous regions' health departments. For next season the Segunda División B was demoted to the fourth level and dropped the B in its name in favour of the federation's Spanish initials RFEF on the creation of a new, two-group, 40-team third division called Primera División RFEF. Overview before the season 102 teams joined the league, including four relegated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque
The Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque is the training ground of the Primera Division club RCD Espanyol and home of RCD Espanyol B and RCD Espanyol Femenino. Located in Sant Adrià de Besòs, it was opened in 2001. Overview Occupying an area of 60,000 m² near Barcelona, the training centre was inaugurated in 2001 as Ciutat Esportiva del RCD Espanyol, but soon was popularly known as Sarrià, in reference to the historic stadium of RCD Espanyol Estadi de Sarrià. However, on 21 January 2012, the club president Ramon Condal announced that the centre was officially renamed as Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque in memory of the late Espanyol captain Dani Jarque. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCD Espanyol B
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona "B" is the reserve team of the RCD Espanyol, club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The team was founded in 1991 and plays in the Segunda Federación, Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home matches at the 3,000-seat capacity ''Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque''. Unlike the English football league system, English League, reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and are no longer able to compete in the Copa del Rey. History In 1981, the ''Futbol Club Cristinenc'' was created in Santa Cristina d'Aro, Province of Girona. The club had a speedy progression through the lower divisions until it reached the Tercera División, fourth division. It had also become a Farm team, feeder club for the RCD Espanyol, RCD Español. In 1991 the team changed its denomination to the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbi Barceloní
The Derbi Barceloní (; es, Derbi Barcelonés, ; "Barcelonian derby"), is the name given to football matches between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol. Both clubs are located in the Barcelona metropolitan area, Spain. Rivalry In the first half of the 20th century during the Miguel Primo de Rivera dictatorship (1923–1930), FC Barcelona was the embodiment of the oppressed Catalan sentiment, in stark contrast to RCD Espanyol which cultivated a kind of compliance to the central authority. In 1918, the municipalities of Catalonia promoted a campaign to request the Spanish Government a Statute of Autonomy. FC Barcelona joined that request and the Catalan press explained it by saying "FC Barcelona has become the club of Catalonia". The other team of the city, RCD Espanyol were dissociated from the claim. On numerous occasions RCD Espanyol have complained of an unfavorable treatment which is sometimes directly offensive according to them, towards the club in favor of FC Barcelona by s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico González (footballer, Born 2002)
Nicolás González Iglesias (born 3 January 2002), sometimes known as just Nico, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto. Club career Barcelona Nico was born in A Coruña, Galicia, and started his career with local side Montañeros at the age of seven. In December 2012, he agreed to a move to Barcelona, effective as of the following July. On 19 May 2019, aged just 17, Nico made his senior debut for the reserves, coming on as a late substitute for Kike Saverio in a 2–1 Segunda División B away loss against Castellón. In the 2020–21 season, he was initially a member of the ''Juvenil A'' before starting to feature regularly for the B-team from November 2020 onwards. On 12 May 2021, Nico renewed his contract until 2024, with a €500 million buyout clause. After featuring in the main squad during the pre-season, he made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 15 August, replacing Sergio Busquets in the opening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CE L'Hospitalet
Centre d'Esports l'Hospitalet is a Spanish football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1957 it currently plays in Tercera División RFEF - Group 5, holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet, with a capacity of 6,740 seats. History ''Centre D'Esports L'Hospitalet'' was founded in 1957, through of merger of the three teams from the city: ''UD Hospitalet'', ''CD Santa Eulalia'' and ''CF Hércules''. It managed to appear three times in Segunda División, but this was prior to the creation of Segunda División B as the new third level, a category the club first reached in 1982 and where it would remain for the vast majority of the following two decades. Season to season ---- *3 seasons in Segunda División *31 seasons in Segunda División B *30 seasons in Tercera División *1 season in Tercera División RFEF Current squad Technical staff Honours *Segunda División B: 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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