Marc Bartra
Marc Bartra, January 2013
Marc Bartra Aregall ( also briefly Bartra; * January 15, 1991 in Sant Jaume dels Domenys, Tarragona, Spain Province ) is a Spanish football player at the position of a defender. He currently plays for FC Barcelona in the Spanish Primera División.
Career
Youth
Bartra began his active career as a football player in the offspring of Espanyol, where he remained until 2002, taking came into use in various Jugenspielklassen. At the age of eleven, he finally joined the youth academy of FC Barcelona called La Masia. After the change from local rivals he came in various youth teams of the top clubs to use and was in the 2009/10 season as the oldest player in this age group in the squad of A-Juniors of the association.
Club career
His debut in the second team of FC Barcelona was Bartra on 30 August 2009 in the 0-3 away defeat against CF Badalona, when he came off the bench in 63 minutes for Armando Lozano. After a few games for FC Barcelona B, the 19- year-old was brought into the squad the first team, where he was among other things, during some matches of the UEFA Champions League 2009/10. At his pro debut Bartra finally came on 14 February 2010 at the 1:2 away defeat against Atlético Madrid. In the encounter he replaced from the 61 minutes, the pre-loaded with yellow Jeffrén Suárez. In addition to the previous three missions in La Liga came back in a total of 52 league games for FC Barcelona B for use, scoring two goals. (As of end of season 2010/11) He is the twelfth Academy player who made his debut in professional team led by Josep Guardiola.
Mid-April 2010 showed interest in signing Real Madrid Bartras, whose contract expired at the end of season 2009/10. Bartra but opted for staying in Barcelona and signed there on 11 June 2010 his first professional contract with validity until 2012.
Since the 2012/13 season Bartra is officially in the first team squad.
Internationally
After the Spanish U-18 selection in 2009, he gained first international experience and thereby completed three internationals, Bartra came to the U-19 national team of his native country in the same year. His debut in the U-19 team, he was on 3 November 2009 in a qualifier for the U-19 European Championship 2010 in France. In the 5-1 victory over the U -19 of Macedonia, he played over the full duration by. In addition, Bartra was one of seven players of FC Barcelona, the. While the elite round mid-April 2010, stood in the squad of the Spanish U-19 National Team With the team he managed a place in the U-19 European Championship 2010 was thus -. Except the host France - the first team that failed to qualify for this tournament. In this final Bartra played at each of the five games from the start and failed with his team in the final to hosts France. The following year, Bartra took part with the U -20 team at the World Cup in Colombia, where he in turn belonged to the tribe formation. There was defeated Spain in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions Brazil in a penalty shootout. In the U21 European Championship, he played as a central defender and won the 2013 U21 European Championship with Spain. On November 16, 2013 he made his debut for the senior team.
Achievements and titles
- Spanish Cup: 2013
- Champions League: 2011
- UEFA Super Cup: 2011
- U-21 European Championship: 2013