Sergi Palencia

Sergi Palencia
Personal information
Full name	Sergi Palencia Hurtado
Date of birth	23 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Badalona, Spain
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Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Barcelona B
Youth career
	Badalona
2006–2015	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–	Barcelona B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2016

Sergi Palencia Hurtado (born 23 March 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a right back.

Club career

Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Palencia started playing football for hometown club CF Badalona, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2006.^[1] In 2013, he was compared to Bayern Munich full back Philipp Lahm by Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.^[2]

On 29 March 2015, while still a youth, he was called up to the reserves for a Segunda División match against CD Tenerife,^[3] and played his first match as a professional hours later, starting in a 1–1 home draw.^[4] He and Álex Grimaldo were sent off on 25 April 2015 in a 2–1 win over SD Ponferradina at the Mini Estadi.^[5] Palencia played eleven matches in a season which saw his team relegated to Segunda División B, scoring his first goal on 31 May in a 2–5 loss to CD Leganés at the Mini Estadi.^[6]

As of 17 January 2016^[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B
	2014–15	Segunda División	11	1	—						11	1
	2015–16	Segunda División B	11	0	—						11	0
	Total		22	1	—						22	1
Career totals			22	1	—						22	1