Delfí Geli

Delfí Geli

Personal information
Full name	Delfí Geli i Roura
Date of birth	22 April 1969 (1969-04-22) (age 42)
Place of birth	Salt, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
1984–1986	CF Salt
1986–1987	Coma Cros
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1987–1989	Girona
1989–1991	Barcelona B	71	(23)
1990	Barcelona	1	(0)
1991–1994	Albacete	103	(9)
1994–1999	Atlético Madrid	139	(9)
1999–2000	Albacete	23	(6)
2000–2003	Alavés	100	(5)
2003–2005	Girona	60	(6)
Total		426	(35)
National team
1992–1993	Spain	4	(0)
1993	Catalonia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Geli and the second or maternal family name is Roura.

Delfí Geli i Roura (born 22 April 1969 in Salt, Girona, Catalonia) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right defender.

Club career

Having started out professionally as a forward,^[1] while playing for hometown Girona FC and FC Barcelona (he only appeared once for the latter's first team in La Liga, in a 0–0 home draw against Real Oviedo, on 31 January 1990), Geli reconverted to right back at Albacete Balompié, signing with the Castile-La Mancha club in the 1991 summer and playing in 32 games in the team's first ever season in the top division.

In 1994–95, after scoring nine league goals for Albacete in his last two seasons combined, he joined Atlético de Madrid, and was instrumental in the capital side double conquest in the following season.

After a second spell with Albacete, now in the second level, 31-year old Geli moved to Deportivo Alavés in 2000, appearing in 35 games (two goals) in his first year as the Basque finished in 10th position; while playing in the season's UEFA Cup final, he scored the decisive goal - an own golden goal which made the score 5–4 to opponents Liverpool.^[2]

Geli returned to his first senior club in 2003, and retired after two seasons in the third division, having amassed professional totals of 366 games and 29 goals - 343/23 in the top flight alone.

International career

Geli represented Spain on four occasions in a one-year span. His debut came on 15 January 1992 in a friendly match with Portugal, in Torres Novas.

In 1993, Geli appeared twice for the Catalan autonomous team.^[3]

Honours

• Spanish League: 1995–96
• Spanish Cup: 1989–90, 1995–96

References

1. ^ La reconversión de Geli (Geli's reconversion); El País, 15 January 1992 (Spanish)
2. ^ Winter, Henry (3 September 2003). "UEFA Cup Final: Liverpool hit treble top". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/05/16/sfgliv17.xml. Retrieved 14 May 2007. 
3. ^ "Llistat jugadors de la selecció catalana [List of Catalan national team players]" (in Catalan). Catalan Football Federation. http://www.fcf.cat/doc/noticias/Llistat%20Jugadors%20Selecci%C3%B3%20Catalana.pdf. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 

External links

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Delfí Geli at National-Football-Teams.com

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Name	Geli, Delfi
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Date of birth	22 April 1969
Place of birth	Salt, Spain
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