Joan Barbarà

Joan Barbarà
Personal information
Full name Joan Barbarà Mata
Date of birth (1966-07-23) 23 July 1966
Place of birth L'Hospitalet, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona (auxiliary)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Sants
1986–1994 Sabadell 209 (42)
1994–2001 Salamanca 188 (40)
2001–2002 Lleida 32 (4)
2002–2003 Hospitalet 38 (6)
Total 467 (92)
Teams managed
2008–2014 Barcelona B (assistant)
2014– Barcelona (auxiliary)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barbarà and the second or maternal family name is Mata.

Joan Barbarà Mata (born 23 July 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current auxiliary coach of FC Barcelona.

Club career

Born in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Barbarà made his senior debuts with local amateurs UE Sants. In the 1986 summer he moved to La Liga with CE Sabadell FC, playing his first game in the competition on 18 January 1987 in a 0–1 away loss against RCD Mallorca.

In June 1994, after dropping two divisions with Sabadell, Barbarà signed with UD Salamanca. He scored a career-best 13 goals in his first season, helping the Castile and León club promote to the top level after a 12-year absence. He netted a further 12 in the following campaign, but could not avoid his team's relegation; during his stint with the Charros, he was also captain.[1]

In the 2001 summer, aged 34, Barbarà left Salamanca and joined UE Lleida in Segunda División B. A year later he moved to fellow league side CE L'Hospitalet, and subsequently retired at the end of 2002–03.

Coaching career

After retiring, Barbarà started working in FC Barcelona's youth squads.[1] He subsequently served as FC Barcelona B's scout during Pep Guardiola's spell, and in 2008 was appointed as the reserves' assistant manager.[2]

Barbarà served as both Luis Enrique and Eusebio Sacristán's assistant and, after the appointment of the former to the main squad in 2014, he was hired as auxiliary coach.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Joan Barbará será el segundo ayudante de Luis Enrique en el FC Barcelona" [Joan Barbarà will be Luis Enrique's second assistant in FC Barcelona] (in Spanish). La Gaceta de Salamanca. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Joan Barbarà: Oficio y análisis" [Joan Barbarà: Know-how and analysis] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Joan Barbarà, tercer entrenador de Luis Enrique en el FC Barcelona" [Joan Barbarà, Luis Enrique third assistant manager in FC Barcelona] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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