GenÃs GarcÃa Junyent (born 7 June 1975), known simply as GenÃs, is a Spanish former
footballer
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. Mainly a
central defender, he could also operate as a
defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in
Sabadell
Sabadell () is a city in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental and its joint capital (co-capital), on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona. Sabadell is located above sea level.
Sabadell pioneered the Ind ...
,
Barcelona,
Catalonia, GenÃs was a product of
FC Barcelona's prolific youth ranks, ''
La Masia
La Masia de Can Planes, usually shortened to La Masia (; en, "The Farmhouse"), is a term used for FC Barcelona's youth academy. The academy includes more than 300 young players. It has been an instrumental factor in Barcelona's European success ...
''. He could only play five matches for
the reserves over the course of two
Segunda División
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seasons, due to a severe
knee
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injury.
GenÃs resumed his career in the
Segunda División B
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with neighbouring club
CE Sabadell FC, being an undisputed starter during most of his stay and eventually being named
captain
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of the side. Due to constant physical ailments, now in the
ankle, he was forced to retire in late 2005.
Personal life
GenÃs' brothers,
Óscar and
Roger, were also footballers. All youth products of Barcelona, they had however different fates as professionals, as his siblings went on to have relatively successful careers in
La Liga, including with ''Barças first team.
On 17 June 1997, during the final of the
Copa Catalunya, all three appeared with the full side in a 3–1 loss against
CE Europa.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Sabadell
Men's association football defenders
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
FC Barcelona C players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
FC Barcelona players
CE Sabadell FC footballers
Spain men's youth international footballers