Gumbau returns home. To his football home and the city where he was born. And he does this with his rival Elche, which he lost to the First Division in the 2019-2020 season, when he played with Girona.
Gerard Gumbau Garriga is from Campllong (Gerona), a small town in Girona with a population of just over 500. This site appears to have been first documented in 899 in the form of Campolongum (a long field). In fact, most of its inhabitants make a living from agriculture and animal husbandry. Very close to the state capital (13 kilometers), little Gerard grew up in the sports school of his next rival from Elche.
Return
Gumbau returns to the home of football. He did all his education in Girona in lower categories and made his debut in the subsidiary in 2012-2013.. He played 34 games the following season and was called up several times with the first team. His ball handling and great kicking made FC Barcelona draw attention to him and awarded him his first professional three-year contract in the summer of 2014.
He debuted with Barça against Elche CF.
Gumbau played for the Barcelona member and played his first match against Osasuna on the same August. He was called up to the first team by Luis Enrique in January of the following year. Definitely his debut as a culé player was against Elche CF.at the King’s Cup on January 15. Team Azulgrana was eliminated from the round of 16 after beating Franjiverde (0-4) on the bench.
In that match, Gumbau only faced one of his current teammates, Enzo Roco.Gironalı midfielder, who entered the midfield in the second half, completed the match. The draw was resolved with a resounding 9-0 and midfielder Franjiverde would no longer be able to enjoy any more minutes in that campaign. After that, yes, with eight matches in total – 3 Europa Leagues, 2 Cups and 3 Leagues.
In 2017, Gerard Gumbau traveled to Leganés to look for minutes in the First Division. There their numbers were substantial. In addition to two seasons 41 League matches and two goals, he returned home to enter his team on the 10th in the Cup 2019. However, Elche de Pacheta’s paths crossed.
night of ascension
Gerard Gumbau was on the Girona bench the night of Elche’s re-victory and was promoted to the First Division, where few people bet. Another ex-Franjiverde, Francisco was his coach. Another ex joined that day, Johan Mojica, who was Catalan’s partner until last summer.
On Sunday, August 23, 2020, Elche returns to the top with Pere Milla’s goal. Gumbau stuck to that desire, but soon, when playing with Girona in the next league campaign, the young Girona midfielder signed with Elche, who had spent three seasons in the First Division, two of which were at Gumbau. He played a total of 64 matches for the Elche club – 7 in the Cup and 57 in the LaLiga.
back to montilivi
From that fateful day that was wonderful -for him- and -Green Franjiversdes-, Gumbau was absolutely mixed feelings. He has never scored in an official competition with Elche so far, but if he had scored against his team, he most likely wouldn’t have celebrated it.
Living conditions mean that Gumbau must return home to football in a new critical situation. After not getting the long-awaited promotion, he left. Now he comes with a team very close to relegation.
Possible target?
On the other hand, he is one of the revelations of his recently rising childhood team, LaLiga Santander. 11 March and this Monday he managed to start with a score of 0-0 at Camp Nou. Gumbau will turn 29 in December and His contract with the Franciverde club expires next June. White and bottled. His opponent this Sunday (14:00) could be a place for the midfielder to travel soon.
This season’s numbers
The team’s assist leader (compared to Boyé’s two and the team’s 13 overall), Gumbau has been one of the most used players by all coaches this season, not for nothing, losing just two games. With the number of minutes played (1,950), it ranks third after Badia and Mascarell. And it’s also the one that sees yellow the most (9), which highlights the intensity of Catalan over green.
The Girona man has also signed with Beccacece and is the only midfielder to repeat with the Argentine in the first three games.because Carmona is injured against eCl Barcelona and Fidel will be out on Sunday due to the stacking of cards.
Gumbau stands out with his ball kick. He is the performer of the vast majority of set-piece games, and his passes always create a danger or reach a goal (four times). LaLiga has only 13 players overall in assists.