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Full name | Joan García Pons | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sallent, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Manresa | |||||||||||||||||
Damm | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Espanyol B | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Espanyol | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 |
Joan García Pons (born 4 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Espanyol.
Club career
[edit]Born in Sallent, Barcelona, Catalonia, García joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2016, after representing CF Damm and CE Manresa.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 September 2019, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División B away draw against Valencia CF Mestalla.[2]
On 11 February 2020, García renewed with the Pericos until 2025.[3] He made his first-team debut on 1 December 2021, starting in a 3–2 away win over SD Solares-Medio Cudeyo in the season's Copa del Rey.[4][5]
García made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 10 January 2022, starting in a 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[6]
Honours
[edit]Spain U23
- Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joan García, el futuro de la portería perica" [Joan García, the future of the perico goal] (in Spanish). Diario UF. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Joan García debuta en la portería del Espanyol B" [Joan García debuts in the goal of Espanyol B] (in Spanish). La Grada. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Joan García amplía su contrato" [Joan García extends his contract] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "El Espanyol acaba pidiendo la hora pese al 'hat-trick' de Loren" [Espanyol call time despite the 'hat-trick' of Loren] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Debut de Joan García con el primer equipo" [Debut of Joan García with the first team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Un doblete de Pere Milla da oxígeno al Elche" [A brace from Pere Milla gives air to Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the RCD Espanyol website
- Joan García at BDFutbol
- Joan García at Soccerway