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Joan García Pons (born 4 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Espanyol.
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| Full name | Joan García Pons | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 May 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sallent, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Manresa | |||||||||||||||||
| Damm | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Espanyol B | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Espanyol | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Spain U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Sallent, Barcelona, Catalonia, García joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2016, after representing CF Damm and CE Manresa.[3] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 28 September 2019, starting in a 1–1 Segunda División B away draw against Valencia CF Mestalla.[4]
On 11 February 2020, García renewed with the Pericos until 2025.[5] He made his first-team debut on 1 December 2021, starting in a 3–2 away win over SD Solares-Medio Cudeyo in the season's Copa del Rey.[6][7]
García made his professional – and La Liga – debut on 10 January 2022, starting in a 1–2 home loss against Elche CF.[8]
García is a youth international for Spain, having represented the Spain U17s, U18, U19s, and U21s.[9] In July 2024, he was selected in the Spain under-23 squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He and Spain would go on to win the Olympic gold medal at the men's football event in the Olympics.[10]
Club
- As of match played 3 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Other | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Espanyol B | 2019–20[11] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[12] | Segunda División B | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Espanyol | 2021–22[13] | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[14] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[15] | Segunda División | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2024–25[16] | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 46 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
Spain U23
- Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024[17]
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