Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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. He spent his professional career with

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and

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

, winning the

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with the latter club.

Club career

Born in

Horta de Sant Joan Horta de Sant Joan () is a village and municipality in comarca of Terra Alta in Catalonia, Spain. Pablo Picasso spent a year in this town and developed a considerable amount of his artistic skills in the town. History Because of its location o ...

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, Badía all but spent his career in his country in the lower leagues. The exception to this was in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, when he appeared for

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in the

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. Badía signed with Polish club

in February 2014, from

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. He made his

debut on the 17th, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against

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. In the 2018–19 campaign, Badía contributed 21 matches and two goals as Piast won the first national championship in their 74-year history. During his spell at the Stadion Miejski, he made more than 200 competitive appearances. Badía returned to both Catalonia and amateur football on 14 July 2021, with the 31-year-old joining

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. After retiring, he took a job at a

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facility.

Career statistics

Honours

Piast Gliwice *

: 2018–19 Individual *Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2017 *Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2023

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badia, Gerard 1989 births Living people People from Terra Alta (comarca) 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera Federación players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players CF Gavà players Real Murcia Imperial players CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers FC Ascó players Ekstraklasa players Piast Gliwice players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Association football players with retired numbers