| Gerard Badía | |
| Fullname: | Gerard Badía Cortés |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Horta de Sant Joan, Spain |
| Height: | 1.760NaN0 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Tortosa |
| Years1: | 2006–2008 |
| Caps1: | 68 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Caps2: | 25 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2009–2010 |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010–2013 |
| Caps4: | 59 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps5: | 18 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2014–2021 |
| Caps6: | 196 |
| Goals6: | 23 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps7: | 23 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 401 |
| Totalgoals: | 38 |
Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent his professional career with Guadalajara and Piast Gliwice, winning the Ekstraklasa with the latter club.[1]
Born in Horta de Sant Joan, Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Badía all but spent his career in his country in the lower leagues.[2] The exception to this was in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, when he appeared for CD Guadalajara in the Segunda División.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Badía signed with Polish club Piast Gliwice in February 2014, from SD Noja.[7] He made his Ekstraklasa debut on the 17th, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Wisła Kraków.[8]
In the 2018–19 campaign, Badía contributed 21 matches and two goals[9] [10] as Piast won the first national championship in their 74-year history.[11] During his spell at the Stadion Miejski, he made more than 200 competitive appearances.[2]
Badía returned to both Catalonia and amateur football on 14 July 2021, with the 31-year-old joining FC Ascó.[12] After retiring, he took a job at a vulcanization facility.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Gavà | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 4 | |||
| Murcia B | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Guadalajara | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | Segunda División | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 3 | |||
| Noja | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Piast Gliwice | 2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 9 | |||
| 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| Total | 196 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 31 | |||
| Ascó | 2021–22 | Tercera Federación | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Career totals | 333 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 360 | 40 | |||
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