Sergi Palencia

Sergi Palencia Hurtado (born 23 March 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for French club AS Saint-Étienne.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Palencia and the second or maternal family name is Hurtado.
Sergi Palencia
Palencia in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sergi Palencia Hurtado
Date of birth (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996
Place of birth Badalona, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Saint-Étienne
Number 23
Youth career
2004–2006 Badalona
2006–2015 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Barcelona B 97 (2)
2018–2019 → Bordeaux (loan) 25 (0)
2019– Saint-Étienne 6 (0)
National team
2018 Spain U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:10, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Palencia started playing football for hometown club CF Badalona at the age of 8, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2006. In 2013, he was compared to FC Bayern Munich full back Philipp Lahm by Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo.[1]

On 29 March 2015, while still a youth, he was called up to the reserves for a Segunda División match against CD Tenerife,[2] and played his first match as a professional hours later, starting in a 1–1 home draw.[3] He and Álex Grimaldo were sent off on 25 April 2015 in a 2–1 win over SD Ponferradina at the Mini Estadi.[4] Palencia played eleven matches in a season which saw his team relegated to Segunda División B, scoring his first goal on 31 May in a 2–5 loss to CD Leganés at the Mini Estadi.[5]

On 10 August 2016, Palencia was named the B-team's captain.[6] He achieved promotion back to the second level at the end of the campaign, and renewed his contract until 2020 on 5 October 2017.[7]

On 16 August 2018, Palencia joined Ligue 1 side FC Girondins de Bordeaux in a season-long loan deal.[8] He played 31 total games, starting on 19 August in the season-opening 2–1 loss at rivals Toulouse FC in the Derby de la Garonne.[9]

Saint-Étienne

On 5 July 2019, Palencia joined AS Saint-Étienne for a fee of €2 million, with an additional €1 million in variables. Barcelona maintained 20% of his future transfer fee.[10] On his debut on 1 September, a 1–0 loss at Olympique de Marseille, he sprained his right ankle under a challenge from Jordan Amavi and was ruled out for six weeks.[11]

Club statistics
As of 12 January 2020[12]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2014–15 111—111
2015–16 200—200
2016–17 351—6[lower-alpha 1]0411
2017–18 310—310
Total 972000000601032
Bordeaux (loan) 2018–19 25010104[lower-alpha 2]0—310
Saint-Étienne 2019–20 6010101[lower-alpha 2]0—90
Career total 1282202050601432
  1. Six appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. All appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Barcelona

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References
  1. "Sergi Palencia, el doble de Lahm" [Sergi Palencia, Lahm's double]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Barça B–CD Tenerife: ¡A por los tres puntos!" [Barça B–CD Tenerife: For the three points!] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. "Barça B – CD Tenerife: Valuable draw (2–2)". Barcelona's official website. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. "Una genialidad de Munir da aire a un filial que acabó con nueve" [Genius from Munir gives air to a reserve team which finished with nine] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  5. "Result: Barcelona B thrashed by Leganes". Sports Mole. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. "Sergi Palencia, nuevo capitán del Barça B" [Sergi Palencia, new captain of Barça B]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. "Sergi Palencia signa fins al 2020" [Sergi Palencia signs until 2020] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. "Sergi Palencia (Barça) prêté à Bordeaux (officiel)" [Sergi Palencia (Barça) loaned to Bordeaux (official)]. L'Équipe (in French). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. "Toulouse avec le jeune Todibo, Bordeaux ferá débuter Palencia et Kalu" [Toulouse with the youngster Todibo, Bordeaux will give debuts to Palencia and Kalu]. Le Figaro (in French). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. "Agreement with Saint-Etienne for transfer of Sergi Palencia". FC Barcelona. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  11. Couladaize, Alyssa (2 September 2019). "Entorse de la cheville droite et 6 semaines d'indisponibilité pour Sergi Palencia" [Right-ankle sprain and 6 weeks of unavailability for Sergi Palencia] (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  12. Sergi Palencia at Soccerway
  13. "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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