Ferran Jutglà Blanch (born 1 February 1999) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Jutglà spent most of his youth at

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

, but made no first-team appearances and was released in 2021, going on to play nine games and score twice for

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. In 2022, he signed for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

for €5.5 million, winning the

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in his first game. In 2025, he returned to his home country after signing for

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Jutglà joined

's youth setup in 2012, after representing CF Sant Julià de Vilatorta and Vic Riuprimer REFO FC. He was released by the former club in 2015, and subsequently returned to Vic. In 2017, after being a part of the squad of Unificación Bellvitge in the División de Honor, he returned to his hometown club Sant Julià to play in the last matches of the season; he played as a winger for the youth sides, while also featuring as a

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for the first team in

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. In 2017, Jutglà signed for

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. Initially joining the ''Juvenil A'' squad, he made his senior debut on 20 August of that year, playing the last 12 minutes in a 0–0

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home draw against Santboià. He scored his first senior goal on 3 September, netting his team's second in a 2–0 home win over Pobla de Mafumet. On 14 February 2018, after eight first team matches, Jutglà was transferred to

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and immediately returned to the youth setup.

Espanyol

Released by Valencia, Jutglà returned to Espanyol on 18 July 2018, but was immediately loaned back to Sant Andreu for the 2018–19 season. There, he earned a monthly wage of

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700, which he spent in gas coming and going to trainings; he would later work as a

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in three different pools in

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to earn more money. Back to the ''Pericos'' in July 2019, Julià was assigned to the B-team in

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. In July 2020, he was called up for the first team under manager

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for a

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game against

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, but did not play. On 22 June 2021, despite featuring regularly for the B's, Espanyol announced that Jutglà would leave the club at the expiration of his contract on 30 June.

Barcelona

On 22 June 2021, just hours after announcing his departure from Espanyol, Jutglà signed a one-year contract with city rivals

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, being initially assigned to the reserves in

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. He made his debut for ''Barça B'' on 28 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against

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. Jutglà scored his first goal for the B's on 24 September 2021, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home win over Linense. On 11 December, he was called up by first team manager

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to trainings. On 12 December 2021, Jutglà made his first team – and

– debut for Barcelona, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer

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in a 2–2 away draw against

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. On his first match as a starter six days later, he scored the opener of a 3–2 home win over

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. On 26 May, he announced his departure from the club in a

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post.

Club Brugge

On 8 June 2022,

announced the signing of Jutglà on a four-year deal for a transfer fee of €5 million. He made his debut on 17 July, starting in their 1–0

victory over

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. On 13 September, he converted a penalty in a 4–0 away Champions League group win away to

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, his first goal in the competition. He was the league season's joint ninth top scorer with 13 goals, including his first career

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on 23 April 2023 in a 7–0 win at home to

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. Jutglà scored both goals on 18 April 2024 in the

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quarter-final second leg away to

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in Greece, making Club Brugge the first Belgian club to reach the last four of a European competition since 1993.

Celta

On 24 June 2025,

announced the signing of Jutglà in a four-year contract.

International career

On 24 May 2022, Jutglà was called up by manager

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of the unofficial

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for a match against

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, replacing

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. In the game the following day, he came on in the 59th minute for hat-trick scorer

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and scored the fifth goal of a 6–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club Brugge *

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: 2023–24 *

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: 2024–25 *

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Individual * Pro League Awards Goal of the Season: 2023–24

References

External links

Profile
at the Club Brugge KV website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jutglà, Ferran 1999 births Living people People from Osona Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UE Sant Andreu footballers RCD Espanyol B footballers FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players RCD Espanyol footballers RC Celta de Vigo players Belgian Pro League players Club Brugge KV players Catalonia men's international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Spanish sportsmen