.jpg) Barjuán in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sergi Barjuán Esclusa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1971-12-28)28 December 1971 (age 53)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Les Franqueses, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1988 | Granollers | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Barcelona C | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Barcelona B | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–2002 | Barcelona | 267 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Atlético Madrid | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 394 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–2002 | Spain | 56 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Catalonia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Barcelona (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Recreativo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Almería | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Mallorca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Zhejiang Greentown | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Barcelona (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Sergi Barjuán Esclusa (born 28 December 1971), known simply asSergi as a player, is a Spanish former professionalfootballer who played as aleft-back, currently amanager.
Best known for hisBarcelona stint, he played for the first team for nine seasons and made a major contribution to the winning of nine major titles. Having reached theSpain national team shortly after making his professional club debut, he appeared in twoWorld Cups and as manyEuropean Championships.
In 2009, Barjuán embarked on a managerial career, leadingRecreativo,Almería andMallorca. He also had briefLa Liga spells at the second of those clubs, and in interim charge of Barcelona.
Born inLes Franqueses del Vallès,Barcelona,Catalonia, Sergi was a youth product of giantsFC Barcelona.[2] He had not yet appeared inLa Liga when he was summoned by first-team managerJohan Cruyff to aUEFA Champions League group stage game away againstGalatasaray S.K. (0–0, on 24 November 1993),[3] and from then on became the side's undisputed first choice, never playing less than 31 matches until 1999; withBarça he won three leagues, twocups and twosupercups, adding the1997 edition of theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup andthe subsequentUEFA Super Cup, partnered in the other defensive wing by another youth graduate,Albert Ferrer.[4][5]
After being deemed surplus to requirements by coachLouis van Gaal, Sergi joinedAtlético Madrid,[6] where he still posted three respectable seasons although he collected a total of 33yellow cards.
Shortly after having been promoted into Barcelona's main squad, Sergi made his debut forSpain on 9 February 1994, in afriendly withPoland inSanta Cruz de Tenerife in which he scored his only international goal.[7] He went on to represent the nation at the1994 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 1996, the1998 World Cup andEuro 2000, for a total of 56caps.[8]
In July 2009, after several years working in marketing and running football camps for youngsters, Barjuán returned to Barcelona, being named itsJuvenil B manager.[9] During his spell he coachedGerard Deulofeu,Patric andRafinha, whom eventually starred for the senior team.[10]
Barjuán was handed his first job in the professionals on 22 May 2012, signing for three years withRecreativo de Huelva in theSegunda División.[11] On his debut on 18 August, he lost 2–0 atXerez CD.[12]
In hissecond year atEl Decano, Barjuán missed out on aplay-off place on the final day. He then cancelled his contract in June 2014 and was replaced byJosé Luis Oltra.[13][14]
Barjuán was appointed manager ofUD Almería on 6 April 2015, taking over fromJuan Ignacio Martínez who had been fired.[15] His first game in charge occurred two days later, a 4–0 away loss to former club Barcelona.[16]
On 3 October 2015, with theAndalusians back inthe second tier, Barjuán was dismissed after a 2–2 home draw againstCD Tenerife.[17]
Barjuán resumed his career in April 2017, atRCD Mallorca.[18] He left when his contract expired at the end ofthe season, with theBalearic side relegated toSegunda División B for the first time in 36 years.[19]
On 26 November 2017, the 45-year-old Barjuán moved abroad for the first time in his career, taking the helm atChina League One clubZhejiang Greentown F.C. for the next two seasons.[20] He lost his job on 4 July 2019 after a run of two wins from ten left the team in sixth place.[21]
In June 2021, Barjuán was appointed atFC Barcelona Atlètic on a two-year deal, replacingFrancisco Javier García Pimienta.[22] On 28 October, after the dismissal ofRonald Koeman, he was put ininterim charge of the main squad.[23] Two days later, on his debut, he oversaw a 1–1 home draw withDeportivo Alavés.[24] In his second game, he won 1–0 atFC Dynamo Kyiv in theChampions League group stage.[25]
After missing out on aplayoff place for the2021–22 season, Barjuán was dismissed.[26] He remained at Barcelona and was put in charge of their global academies in October.[27]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona | 1993–94 | La Liga | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 1994–95 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| 1995–96 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 1998–99 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2000–01 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
| 2001–02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 267 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 382 | 11 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2002–03 | La Liga | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 85 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 352 | 6 | 56 | 3 | 72 | 2 | 480 | 11 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1994 | 11 | 1 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 56 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 February 1994 | Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |  Poland | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly[7] |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Recreativo |  | 22 May 2012 | 30 June 2014 | 89 | 34 | 22 | 33 | 104 | 118 | −14 | 038.20 | [31] |
| Almería | | 6 April 2015 | 3 October 2015 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 029.41 | [32] |
| Mallorca | | 4 April 2017 | 12 June 2017 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 030.00 | [33] |
| Hangzhou Greentown |  | 26 November 2017 | 3 July 2019 | 48 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 82 | 62 | +20 | 043.75 | |
| Barcelona B | | 17 June 2021 | 28 June 2022 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 038.89 | [34] |
| Barcelona (interim) | | 28 October 2021 | 6 November 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 | [35] |
| Total | 197 | 73 | 56 | 68 | 253 | 269 | −16 | 037.06 | — | |||
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