Sergi Samper
Sergi Samper was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on January 20th, 1995 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 29, Sergi Samper biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Sergi Samper Montaña (born 20 January 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Japanese club Vissel Kobe as a defensive midfielder.
Personal life
Samper's older brother Jordi, is a professional tennis player. He played the game himself, until choosing football at six.
Samper has type 1 diabetes, and befriended Borja Mayoral, who shares his condition, in the Spanish youth teams.
Club career
After a fruitful trial, Samper joined FC Barcelona's youth team in Barcelona, Catalonia, in 2001. He began a four-year career on May 9, 2013.
Samper was promoted to the reserve team that competed in Segunda División on June 10, 2013. He made his professional debut on August 17th in a 2–1 loss to CD Mirandés, and he played in a further 39 games during the season to help with a third-place finish.
Samper made his first-team debut on September 17, 2014, defeating APOEL FC 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League's group stage; making him the first player to progress through all of the ranks from the age of six. In the 6–0 home win over Getafe CF, his first match in La Liga came as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrés Iniesta.
Samper extended his contract until 2019 with a one-year option and a buyout guarantee of €50 million, and then joined Granada CF on a season-long loan in July 2016. He was not issued a squad number by Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde in August 2017 and was sent to UD Las Palmas on a new temporary contract following the Andalusians' relegation. Following a fibula fracture and a left-ankle internal ligament fracture, the spell was cut short in January 2019.
Samper ended his employment with Barcelona and left the Camp Nou after 18 years on March 4th. He joined J1 League team Vissel Kobe on a four-year deal three days later.
Samper won the Emperor's Cup in his first year in Japan, but he was disqualified from the final victory over Kashima Antlers. He got off the Super Cup on February 8 with a landslide victory over Yokohama F. Marinos after a 3–3 draw.
International career
Samper earned his first cap for the Spain under-21 team on November 12, 2014, when he was 19 years old and losing the complete 1–4 friendly home loss to Belgium.