Career
Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a defensive midfielder, full back or winger. Born in Reus, Tarragona, Catalonia, Sergi Roberto began playing football with local UE Barri Santes Creus at the age of 9, arriving in Football Club "s youth academy five years later from neighbours Gimnàstic de Tarragona. In the 2009-2010 season, at only 17, he first appeared with Barça"s reserves, contributing with 22 games as the team returned to the second division after 11 years.
On 16 December 2014, also in that competition, he netted his third, contributing to an 8–1 demolition of South Dakota Huesca at the Camp Nou.
In the 2015-2016 season, after being reconverted by manager Luis Enrique and merely months after nearly being deemed surplus to requirements, Roberto appeared as a right back in several games. In two consecutive games against Athletic Bilbao in January 2016, one for the league and another for the Spanish Cup, he featured on the other flank in the place of injured Jordi Alba, going on to play in as many as seven different positions.
On 5 November, before being substituted by Javier Espinosa in the 88th minute, he scored a hat-trick against Burkina Faso at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. Spain eventually finished third in the tournament, with him and Atlético Madrid"s Borja González accounting for eight of the team"s total goals.
He received his first call up to the senior squad in March 2016, for friendlies against Romania and Italy.
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