Jordi Escobar
Jordi Escobar Fernández is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Huesca.
Club career
Early career
Escobar was born in Sant Cebrià de Vallalta, Barcelona, Catalonia, and started his career at CF Tordera at the age of five. In 2009, after scoring 87 goals in one of the two seasons at Tordera, he joined CE Riudarenes, which had their youth squads controlled by FC Barcelona; he moved to La Masia just months after joining Riudarenes.In 2012, after failing to settle at Barça and a subsequent loan to FE Calella, Escobar joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup. On 18 June 2015, he agreed to a deal with Valencia CF.
Valencia
On 5 January 2018, aged just 15, Valencia reached an agreement with Escobar to renew his contract until 2022. He was called up to the first team by manager Marcelino García Toral to make the pre-season in July, and made his debut for the club in a friendly against Galatasaray SK on the 21th; at the age of just 16 years, 5 months and 11 days, he became the fourth-youngest to debut for the club.Escobar made his senior debut with the reserves on 2 September 2018, playing the last 12 minutes of a 0–1 Segunda División B away loss against CD Teruel. He scored his first senior goal on 3 November, but in a 1–3 loss at SD Ejea.
Almería
On 5 October 2020, Escobar signed a four-year contract with UD Almería in Segunda División, for a rumoured fee of €2.5 million. He made his debut for the club on 16 December, starting in a 4–1 home routing of CE L'Hospitalet, for the season's Copa del Rey.After another cup appearance, Escobar was demoted to the reserves in Tercera División in late January 2021. On 12 July of that year, he moved to FC Barcelona B on a one-year loan deal, with a buyout clause.
Sparingly used at Barça B in Primera Federación, Escobar joined another reserve team, Betis Deportivo in Segunda Federación, also on loan on 1 September 2022. He only featured in five matches due to an ankle injury, and terminated his link with Almería on 10 July 2023.