Víctor Barberá Romero (born 20 August 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Barcelona Atlètic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Barberá Romero | ||
| Date of birth | 20 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | Sant Gabriel | ||
| 2019–2020 | Damm | ||
| 2020–2022 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Barcelona B | 23 | (8) |
| 2023–2024 | Club Brugge | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Club NXT | 19 | (6) |
| 2024– | Barcelona B | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U19 | 17 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:43, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn in Barcelona, Catalonia, Barberá is a youth product of Sant Gabriel, and moved to Damm in 2019. The following year in 2020 he joined Barcelona's youth academy, and in his first year was the top scorer of the División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol with 19 goals.[2]
He was promoted to Barça Atlètic for the beginning of the 2022–23 season. He made his senior debut with Barça Atlètic in a 0–0 Primera Federación tie with CD Alcoyano on 4 September 2022.[3]
On 14 June 2023, it was announced he was joining Club Brugge KV on a free transfer until 2027.
On 27 August 2024, Barberá returned to Barcelona Atlètic on a two-year contract.[4]
International career
editBarberá was called up to the Spain U19s in September 2022.[5]
Playing style
editBarberá is adept at pouncing on balls in the box and rebounds. An intelligent player, he often appears behind the defense and is a strong finisher. He's quick and can play out wide, but prefers to stay in the opponent's box.[2] He has earned comparison in playstyle to Robert Lewandowski.[6]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 21 September 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona Atlètic | 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 23 | 8 | — | — | — | 23 | 8 | |||
| Club NXT | 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 19 | 6 | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | |||
| Club Brugge | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Barcelona Atlètic | 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 50 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 53 | 15 | |||
Honours
editIndividual
References
edit- ^ "Vcíctor Barberà". FC Barcelona Atlètic. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Who is Victor Barbera? The young Barça striker who hit three against Bayern". sport. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Víctor Barberà debutó en partido oficial con el Barça Atlètic". es.besoccer.com.
- ^ "Victor Barberá, nou jugador del Barça Atlètic" [Victor Barberá, new player for Barça Atlètic] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "FC Barcelona: Seis jugadores del Barça, en la selección española Sub 19". Mundo Deportivo. 14 September 2022.
- ^ "El nuevo Lewandowski que explota en el juvenil del Barça". Culemania. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Víctor Barberá at Soccerway
- ^ "2023 Under-19 EURO finals: Víctor Barberá crowned top scorer". UEFA.
- ^ "2023 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.
External links
edit- Víctor Barberà at the Club Brugge KV website
- Víctor Barberá at BDFutbol
- Víctor Barberá at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Víctor Barberá at Soccerway