Gerard Badía


Gerard Badía Cortés 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 214 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.

Honours

Piast Gliwice
Individual
  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: March 2017
  • Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2023