Genís García Junyent

Genís García Junyent (born 7 June 1975), known simply as Genís, is a Spanish retired footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also operate as a defensive midfielder.

For the Andorran footballer whose full name is Genís García Iscla, see Genís García.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Junyent.
Genís
Personal information
Full name Genís García Junyent
Date of birth (1975-06-07) 7 June 1975
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1981–1989 Mercantil
1989–1994 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Barcelona C 16 (2)
1996–1997 Barcelona B 5 (0)
1997–2005 Sabadell 234 (11)
Total 255 (13)
National team
1991–1992 Spain U18 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Genís was a product of FC Barcelona's prolific youth ranks, La Masia. He could only play five matches for the reserves over the course of two second division seasons,[1] due to a severe knee injury.

Genís resumed his career in the third level with neighbouring club CE Sabadell FC,[2] being an undisputed starter during most of his stay and eventually gaining team captaincy. Due to constant physical ailments, now in the ankle, he was forced to retire in late 2005.[3]

Personal life

Genís' brothers, Óscar and Roger, were also footballers. All youth products of Barcelona, they had however different fates as professionals,[4] as his siblings went on to have relatively successful careers in La Liga, including with Barça's first team.

On 17 June 1997, during the final of the Copa Catalunya, all three appeared with the full side in a 1–3 loss to CE Europa.[5]

References
  1. "El Barça del 2000, a escena" [2000s Barça, to the stage] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 August 1996. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. "El Sabadell se presenta y el Terrassa juega otro 'bolo'" [Sabadell present and Terrassa play another ‘pick-up’] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 August 1997. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. "Genís Garcia Junyent es retira del futbol per una lesió al turmell" [Genís García Junyent retires from football due to an ankle injury] (in Catalan). Televisió de Catalunya. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  4. "Barça brothers". FC Barcelona. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  5. "El Europa completa su gesta ganando al Barça" [Europa complete their exploit by defeating Barça] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 June 1997. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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