Marc Cardona

Spanish footballer
Marc Cardona
Personal information
Full name Marc Cardona Rovira[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Lleida, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Las Palmas
Number 19
Youth career
Sanluqueño
Xerez
2011–2014 San Benito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Sanluqueño B 24 (11)
2014–2016 Sanluqueño 43 (20)
2016–2019 Barcelona B 54 (22)
2016 Barcelona 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Eibar (loan) 17 (3)
2019–2022 Osasuna 22 (1)
2020–2021 → Mallorca (loan) 13 (2)
2021–2022 → Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 22 (2)
2022– Las Palmas 46 (9)
International career‡
2019– Catalonia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019

Marc Cardona Rovira (born 8 July 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for UD Las Palmas.

Club career

Born in Lleida, Catalonia, Cardona moved to the Province of Cádiz at early age, and represented Atlético Sanluqueño CF, Xerez CD and San Benito CF as a youth.[2][3] In 2014, he returned to Sanluqueño, and made his debut for the club on 24 August 2014 by coming on as a second half substitute in a 3–0 Tercera División away loss against CD Alcalá.

Cardona appeared rarely for the first team during his first season, playing regularly with the reserves in Primera Andaluza. In his second, he was a key player in Sanluqueño's promotion to Segunda División B, scoring a career-best 20 goals; highlights included a hat-trick in a 5–1 home rout of Sevilla FC C on 24 January 2016.[4]

On 29 June 2016, Cardona joined FC Barcelona, and was immediately assigned to the reserves in the third division.[5] He made his debut for Barça B on 20 August, scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against Atlético Saguntino.[6]

Cardona helped the B-side achieve promotion to Segunda División in 2017 by scoring 15 goals. He played his first match in the second division on 19 August of that year, starting and scoring his team's second in a 2–1 away win against Real Valladolid.[7]

On 19 July 2018, Cardona was loaned to La Liga side SD Eibar for one year, with a buyout clause.[8] On 31 August he played and scored the equalizer in a 2–1 home win against Real Sociedad.[9]

On 25 June 2019, Cardona joined fellow top tier side CA Osasuna until 2023.[10] On 5 October of the following year, he moved to second division side RCD Mallorca on loan for one year.[11]

On 29 July 2021, Cardona moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Dutch Eredivisie side Go Ahead Eagles.[12]

On 7 July 2022, Cardona signed a two-year contract with UD Las Palmas in the second level.[13] On 20 June of the following year, after scoring seven goals during the campaign as his side achieved promotion to the top tier, he renewed his contract until 2026.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 December 2023[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sanluqueño B 2014–15 Primera Andaluza 24 11 — — — 24 11
Sanluqueño 2014–15 Tercera División 7 1 — — — 7 1
2015–16 36 19 — — 5[a] 1 41 20
Total 43 20 0 0 0 0 5 1 48 21
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División B 25 15 — — 6[b] 2 31 17
2017–18 Segunda División 29 7 — — — 29 7
Total 54 22 0 0 0 0 6 2 60 24
Barcelona 2016–17 La Liga 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 0 0 2 0
Eibar (loan) 2018–19 La Liga 17 3 2 0 — — 19 3
Osasuna 2019-20 La Liga 19 1 3 1 — — 22 2
2020–21 La Liga 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 22 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 25 2
Mallorca (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División 13 2 0 0 — — 13 2
Go Ahead Eagles (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 22 2 3 0 — — 2 0
Las Palmas 2022–23 Segunda División 36 7 1 0 — — 39 7
2023–24 La Liga 10 2 1 0 — — 11 2
Total 46 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 9
Career total 241 70 11 1 1 0 11 3 264 74
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Tercera División play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2018, en Gijón" [Minutes of the Match held on 12 May 2018, in Gijón] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Del Sanluqueño a la 'Champions' con el FC Barcelona" [From Sanluqueño to 'Champions' with FC Barcelona] (in Spanish). La Voz de Cádiz. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Marc Cardona, el hombre que siempre empieza con buen pie" [Marc Cardona, the man who always starts with the good foot] (in Spanish). Marca. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Marc Cardona, de la Primera Andaluza a la Champions a base de goles" [Marc Cardona, from Primera Andaluza to Champions based on goals] (in Spanish). Sport. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Agreement to sign Varo, Martínez and Cardona to FC Barcelona B". FC Barcelona. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  6. ^ "FC Barcelona B v Atlético Saguntino: Convincing start (3–1)". FC Barcelona. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  7. ^ "El Barça B se escapa vivo de Zorrilla" [Barça B escape alive from Zorrilla] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Marc Cardona, segunda incorporación del Eibar" [Marc Cardona, second addition of Eibar] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Ipurua continua inexpugnable" [Ipurua remains impregnable] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Marc Cardona, jugador de Osasuna hasta el 2023" [Marc Cardona, Osasuna player until 2023] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Osasuna cede a Marc Cardona al Mallorca" [Osasuna loan Marc Cardona to Mallorca] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Osasuna acuerda con el Go Ahead Eagles la cesión de Marc Cardona" [Osasuna agree with Go Ahead Eagles the loan of Marc Cardona] (in Spanish). CA Osasuna. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Marc Cardona, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas" (in Spanish). Las Palmas. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Marc Cardona amplía su vinculación con la UD Las Palmas hasta 2026" [Marc Cardona extends his link with UD Las Palmas until 2026] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  15. ^ Marc Cardona at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  16. ^ Marc Cardona at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2017.

External links

  • FC Barcelona official profile
  • Marc Cardona at BDFutbol Edit this at Wikidata
  • Marc Cardona – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  • Marc Cardona at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
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