spanish affiliation football player

Roberto and the second or maternal family name is Carnicer. In this spanish identify, the first or paternal surname isand the second base or maternal syndicate name is Sergi Roberto Carnicer ( catalan pronunciation : [ ˈsɛɾʒi ruˈβɛɾtu ], born 7 February 1992 ) is a spanish professional football player who plays for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. chiefly a cardinal midfielder, he can besides operate as a defensive midfielder, full-back or winger. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

He has spent most of his career with Barcelona after making his first-team introduction at the age of 18, going on to win several accolades with the clubhouse including six La Liga championships and two Champions Leagues. Sergi Roberto made his first full appearance for Spain in 2016 .

Club career [edit ]

Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Sergi Roberto began playing football with local UE Barri Santes Creus at the age of 8, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] arriving in Barcelona ‘s youth academy six years late from neighbours Gimnàstic de Tarragona. [ 7 ] In the 2009–10 season, at only 17, he beginning appeared with Barça’ randomness reserves, contributing with 29 appearances as the team returned to the second division after 11 years. On 10 November 2010, Roberto made his debut for the first team, playing the second base half of a 5–1 home winnings against Ceuta for the campaign ‘s Copa del Rey ( 7–1 on aggregate ). [ 8 ] On 27 April of the come class he made his first UEFA Champions League appearance, coming on as a substitute for David Villa in the last minute of a 2–0 away victory over Real Madrid for the contest semi-finals ‘ first peg. [ 9 ] Roberto beginning appeared in La Liga on 21 May 2011, playing the fully 90 minutes in a 3–1 acquire at Málaga in the season ‘s last circle. [ 10 ] His beginning begin for the main squad came on 6 December of that year, against BATE Borisov in the Champions League group phase, as coach Pep Guardiola rested all his starters for the approaching El Clásico : in the 35th hour, he opened the marking in an eventual 4–0 home winnings. [ 11 ] In alone his third base official appearance for Barcelona ‘s first base team, on 12 January 2012, Roberto scored his irregular goal, helping the visitors come from behind to win it 2–1 against Osasuna in the domestic cup ( 6–1 on aggregate ). [ 12 ] On 16 December 2014, besides in that competition, he netted another, contributing to an 8–1 demolition of Huesca at the Camp Nou. [ 13 ] In the 2015–16 temper, after being reconverted by coach Luis Enrique and merely months after closely being deemed excess to requirements, [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Roberto appeared as a right-back in several games. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In two back-to-back matches against Athletic Bilbao in January 2016, one for the league and another for the spanish Cup, he featured on the other flank in the place of injure Jordi Alba, [ 18 ] going on to play in arsenic many as seven different positions. [ 3 ] On 20 August 2016, Roberto started as a right-back and provided two assists in a 6–2 home defeat of Betis in the open match of the crusade. [ 19 ] On 24 September, from the same status, he again contributed two decisive passes in a 5–0 away rout of Sporting de Gijón. [ 20 ] On 8 March 2017, Roberto scored the final examination goal in the 95th moment as partially of a decisive 6–1 home victory against Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of the Champions League round-of-16, making Barcelona the first club to overcome a four-goal deficit in the rival. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] On 22 February 2018, he extended his contract until 2022. [ 23 ]

In injury time of the beginning half of El Clásico on 6 May 2018, Roberto was shown a straight red card after punching Marcelo, in an eventual 2–2 home draw. [ 24 ] He was first-choice right-back during the temper ahead of newly signed Nélson Semedo, and his team won the national championship after a annual wait. [ 25 ]

International career [edit ]

In October 2009, shortly after making his Barcelona B debuts, Sergi Roberto was called by the spanish under-17 team for the 2009 FIFA World Cup in Nigeria. On 5 November, before being substituted by Javier Espinosa in the 88th hour, he scored a hat-trick against Burkina Faso at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Spain finally finished one-third in the tournament, with him and Atlético Madrid ‘s Borja Bastón accountancy for eight of the team ‘s total goals. [ 28 ] Roberto made his debut for the under-21 side on 5 September 2011, playing the stopping point four minutes of the 2–0 win in Lugo over Georgia for the 2013 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifiers. [ 29 ] He received his first call up to the senior squad in March 2016, for friendlies against Romania and Italy. [ 30 ] His debut took invest in the former match on the 27th, as he started in a 0–0 draw in Cluj-Napoca. [ 31 ]

style of playing period [edit ]

Sergi Roberto plays predominantly as a full-back, but besides excels in midfield. In the 2015–16 season, under Luis Enrique, he played in seven different positions with Barcelona. This versatility, combined with his pace, lastingness, rigorous work rate and accurate pass earned the praise of the coach : “ In a team like ours, except in finish, he could play in any put, it ‘s no surprise. The most unmanageable thing is doing it well all over the airfield and Sergi Roberto does that. ” [ 32 ] [ 3 ] He is good use as a box-to-box player. [ 33 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

In 2014, Sergi Roberto started dating Israeli exemplary Coral Simanovich ( Pnina Rosenblum ‘s step-daughter ). [ 34 ] They became engaged in early September 2017, [ 35 ] [ 36 ] and got married in Tel Aviv on 30 May 2018. [ 37 ] Their first daughter, Kaia, was born in 2019. [ 38 ] Roberto ‘s mother, María Rosa Carnicer, died in December 2019, a class after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On 2 December 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19. [ 41 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 27 October 2021[42]
Notes

International [edit ]

As of 6 October 2021[43]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain
2016 3 1
2018 2 0
2019 2 0
2020 3 0
2021 1 0
Total 11 1
As of 5 September 2016[43]
Scores and results list Spain’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Roberto goal.
List of international goals scored by Sergi Roberto
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2016 Reino de León, León, Spain  Liechtenstein 2–0 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Barcelona [ 2 ]

International [edit ]

Spain U17

Spain

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]