Gerardo Berodia

Gerardo García Berodia (born 6 June 1981) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for AD Unión Adarve as a left winger or a forward.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Berodia.

Gerardo Berodia
Berodia in action for Jorge Wilstermann (2014)
Personal information
Full name Gerardo García Berodia
Date of birth (1981-06-06) 6 June 1981
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Unión Adarve
Youth career
1991–1998 Real Madrid
1998–1999 Alcorcón
1999–2000 Getafe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 El Álamo ? (4)
2001–2002 Santa Ana ? (11)
2002–2003 Alcalá 7 (1)
2003–2004 Atlético Pinto 23 (6)
2004–2005 S.S. Reyes 22 (2)
2005–2007 Navalcarnero ? (33)
2007–2008 Leganés 34 (12)
2008–2009 Zamora 34 (10)
2009–2010 Ponferradina 22 (3)
2010–2011 Conquense 34 (9)
2011–2013 Lugo 34 (7)
2013–2014 Jorge Wilstermann 59 (17)
2014–2016 Navalcarnero 64 (34)
2016–2017 Móstoles 33 (17)
2017–2018 Rayo Majadahonda 12 (6)
2018– Unión Adarve 40 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2019

He amassed Segunda División B totals of 235 matches and 60 goals over nine seasons, representing nine clubs. Professionally, he appeared for Lugo and Jorge Wilstermann.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Berodia joined Real Madrid in 1991 at age 10.[1][2] He left seven years later and, until the age of 31, competed solely in lower league and amateur football, representing CD El Álamo, DAV Santa Ana, RSD Alcalá, CA Pinto, UD San Sebastián de los Reyes, CDA Navalcarnero, CD Leganés, Zamora CF, SD Ponferradina, UB Conquense and CD Lugo; with the latter club, he contributed with seven goals in the 2011–12 season to help to promotion to Segunda División after a two-decade absence, also being featured in the playoffs against CD Atlético Baleares and Cádiz CF.[3][4]

Berodia appeared in his first game as a professional on 15 September 2012, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 2–4 home loss against SD Huesca.[5] In the following transfer window, he moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined several compatriots at Club Jorge Wilstermann from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.[6]

Berodia scored 14 goals in his only full campaign, notably helping his team finish fourth in the Apertura.[7] He returned to Spain shortly after due to family reasons,[8] signing with former side Navalcarnero.[9]

On 10 January 2016, during a Tercera División fixture at CU Collado Villalba, Berodia netted seven times in a final 12–1 routing, as the opposition fielded only youth players in protest against the board of directors.[10]

Personal life

After returning to Spain in the middle of 2014, finding himself unemployed, Berodia bought a taxicab to provide for his family. He continued exercising the profession still as an active player.[11][12][7]

References
  1. "Gerardo Berodia: un sueño roto" [Gerardo Berodia: shattered dream] (in Spanish). El Mundano. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. "Gerardo Berodia: "A los canteranos les diría que cuando sales del Madrid no se acaba el fútbol, ahí empieza"" [Gerardo Berodia: "I would tell youth system players that when you leave Madrid football does not end, that is when it starts"] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "El Atlético Baleares se estrella contra la muralla de Lugo" [Atlético Baleares crash into Lugo wall]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. "El Lugo vence al Cádiz en la tanda de penaltis y asciende a Segunda división" [Lugo defeat Cádiz in a penalty shootout and promote to second division]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. "La pegada del Huesca noquea al Lugo" [Huesca's pace knocks Lugo down]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. "Español Berodia es el nuevo refuerzo de Wilstermann" [Spaniard Berodia is new Wilstermann addition]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 11 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. "De estrella en Bolivia a taxista y goleador en Tercera" [From star in Bolivia to taxi driver and goalscorer in Tercera]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  8. "Conmovedora historia del futbolista que pasó de ser ídolo a ser taxista" [Moving story of the footballer who went from being idol to being taxi driver] (in Spanish). América TV. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  9. "Regresa el hijo pródigo" [The prodigal son returns] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  10. "Berodia le marca siete goles al Villalba" [Berodia scores seven goals to Villalba]. Marca (in Spanish). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  11. "Berodia, de ídolo de Wilstermann a taxista" [Berodia, from Wilstermann idol to taxi driver]. Los Tiempos (in Spanish). 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  12. "Gerardo Berodia, el goleador español que trabaja de taxista" [Gerardo Berodia, the Spanish goalscorer who works as a taxi driver]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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