# Gerard Badía

Gerard Badía Cortés (born 18 October 1989) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent his professional career with Guadalajara and Piast Gliwice, winning the Ekstraklasa with the latter club.

## Club career

Born in Horta de Sant Joan, Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, 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 CD Guadalajara in the Segunda División.
Badía signed with Polish club Piast Gliwice in February 2014, from SD Noja. He made his Ekstraklasa debut on the 17th, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Wisła Kraków.
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 FC Ascó. After retiring, he took a job at a vulcanization facility.

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Gavà | 2008–09 | Segunda División B | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 4 |
| Murcia B | 2009–10 | Segunda División B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Guadalajara | 2010–11 | Segunda División B | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Guadalajara | 2011–12 | Segunda División | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| Guadalajara | 2012–13 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Guadalajara | Total | Total | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
| Noja | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 6 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 4 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 9 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 2 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 2 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 |
| Piast Gliwice | Total | Total | 196 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 214 | 31 |
| Ascó | 2021–22 | Tercera Federación | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | 333 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 360 | 40 |
* ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, Polish Cup
* ↑ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
* 1 2 Appearance in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

## Honours

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