Jordi Matamala

Jordi Matamala
Personal information
Full name Jordi Matamala Muntadas
Date of birth (1976-05-18) 18 May 1976
Place of birth Vilobí d'Onyar, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Vilobí
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 Vilobí 200 (37)
2000–2002 Hospitalet 67 (5)
2002–2006 Girona 141 (5)
2006–2007 Palamós 34 (1)
2007–2010 Girona 109 (6)
2010–2013 Recreativo 94 (5)
2013–2014 Girona 32 (1)
2014–2016 Palamós 70 (1)
Total 747 (61)
National team
2008 Catalonia 1 (0)

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


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

Jordi Matamala Muntadas (born 18 May 1976) is a former Spanish professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

He amassed Segunda División totals of 199 games and ten goals during six seasons, representing in the competition Girona and Recreativo (three years apiece).

Football career

Born in Vilobí d'Onyar, Girona, Catalonia, Matamala reached Segunda División for the first time in the 2008–09 campaign at the age of 32, with Girona FC, which he had helped promote from Segunda División B the previous year. In the following two seasons, he was again an undisputed started for the club as it consecutively managed to retain its league status; he made his debut in the second level on 30 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes and being booked in a 1–0 away win against Celta de Vigo.[1]

In the 2010 summer, Matamala signed for another side in the category, Recreativo de Huelva.[2] He started in 26 games in his first year (2,318 minutes of action overall), and the team finished in 12th position.

On 26 July 2014, 38-year-old Matamala returned to Palamós CF who still competed in Tercera División.[3] He retired after two campaigns with the club in that level.[4]

References

  1. ↑ El Girona da la sorpresa en Balaídos (Girona surprises at Balaídos); Marca, 30 August 2008 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Matamala ficha por el Recreativo por dos temporadas (Matamala signs for Recreativo for two seasons); Marca, 14 July 2010 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Jordi Matamala allarga la seva carrera i jugarà a Palamós (Jordi Matamala prolongs his career and will play in Palamós); Diari de Girona, 26 July 2014 (Catalan)
  4. ↑ Jordi Matamala, Trayectorias de Fútbol, 16 August 2016 (Spanish)
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