Enric Bernat Lunar (born 22 November 1997) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for CFJ Mollerussa in the

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Early career

In his youth, Bernat played

UE Tàrrega Unió Esportiva Tàrrega is a Spanish football team based in Tàrrega, in the autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated ...

and AE Josep Maria Gené youth systems.

Career

Bernat began his career with

FC Ascó Futbol Club Ascó is a Spanish football team based in Ascó, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 2010 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal'', which has a capacity of 1,500 ...

in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, the Spanish fourth tier, where he played for two seasons, scoring one goal. In 2019, he agreed to join CF Reus Deportiu B and was sent to Canada to trial with

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club

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. He then returned to Spain, however, Reus was expelled from the Spanish league prior to the season, for failing to pay their reserve players and he became a free agent again. Afterwards, he joined

Lleida Esportiu Club Lleida Esportiu is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 sea ...

of the third tier

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, on a contract until June 2021. After suffering a serious injury and payment issues, he departed the club. In May 2021, he signed with

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. Due to the

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, he was forced to take a 17 day quarantine upon arriving in Canada, after which he was able to train for a week to the club, before undergoing another two-week quarantine after the team moved to Arizona in the United States, where they would play the season. He made his debut for Toronto FC II on May 22, 2021 against

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. He recorded his first assist on June 2, on a goal by

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. In January 2022, he returned to his former club

, now in the fifth tier Tercera División RFEF. In July 2022, he joined Cerdanyola del Vallès FC in the fourth tier

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. In January 2023, he joined CFJ Mollerussa in the sixth tier

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Enric Bernat
at La Preferente {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernat, Enric 1997 births Living people Spanish footballers Association football midfielders Lleida Esportiu footballers Toronto FC II players Tercera División players USL League One players Spanish expatriate footballers Spanish expatriates in Canada Expatriate soccer players in Canada Tercera Federación players UE Tàrrega players Cerdanyola del Vallès FC players FC Ascó players Primera Catalana players