Joan García
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Joan García Pons | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001年05月04日) 4 May 2001 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sallent, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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 | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||
2018 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2019 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2025 ‡ 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.[3] 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.[4]
On 11 February 2020, García renewed with the Pericos until 2025.[5] 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.[6] [7]
García made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 10 January 2022, starting in a 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[8]
International career
[edit ]García is a youth international for Spain, having represented the Spain U17s, U18, U19s, and U21s.[9] In July 2024, he was selected in the Spain under-23 squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He and Spain would go on to win the Olympic gold medal at the men's football event in the Olympics.[10]
Career statistics
[edit ]Club
[edit ]- As of match played 1 February 2025
Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Espanyol B | 2019–20 [11] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [12] | Segunda División B | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
Espanyol | 2021–22 [13] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2022–23 [14] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2023–24 [15] | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2024–25 [16] | La Liga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
Career total | 56 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
Honours
[edit ]Spain U23
- Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024 [17]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Joan García". La Liga. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Joan García". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Joan García » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Jurejko, Jonathan (9 August 2024). "Olympics football: Spain beat France 5–3 in extra time to win gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2020–21". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2021–22". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2022–23". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2023–24". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Joan García: Matches: 2024–25". BDFutbol. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ 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 ]- Joan García at the RCD Espanyol website
- Joan García at the La Liga website
- Joan García at BDFutbol
- Joan García at Soccerway
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