Sergi Samper

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Samper and the second or maternal family name is Montaña.
Sergi Samper
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Samper with Barcelona Juvenil in 2012
Personal information
Full name Sergi Samper Montaña[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Motor Lublin
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2013 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Barcelona B 103 (0)
2014–2019 Barcelona 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Granada (loan) 22 (0)
2017–2018 → Las Palmas (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2023 Vissel Kobe 88 (0)
2023–2024 Andorra 19 (1)
2024– Motor Lublin 40 (0)
International career
2011 Spain U16 6 (0)
2011–2012 Spain U17 8 (2)
2013 Spain U18 2 (0)
2013–2014 Spain U19 4 (1)
2014–2016 Spain U21 3 (0)
2015–2018 Catalonia 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:12, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Sergi Samper Montaña (born 20 January 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin.

Formed at Barcelona from the age of six, he featured mainly for the reserve team and made 13 first-team appearances, of which only one in La Liga, where he played 22 further games for Granada and Las Palmas while on loan. In 2019, he moved to Japanese club Vissel Kobe, totalling 107 matches and winning the Emperor's Cup in his first year. He also played for Andorra in the Segunda División, and Motor Lublin in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

Club career

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Barcelona

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Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Samper joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2001 at age 6, after a successful trial.[3] On 9 May 2013, he signed a four-year professional contract.[4]

On 10 June 2013, Samper was promoted to the reserves who competed in the Segunda División.[5] He made his professional debut on 17 August in a 2–1 away defeat against CD Mirandés,[6] appearing in a further 39 matches during the season to help to a third-place finish.[7]

Samper made his first-team debut on 17 September 2014, starting in a 1–0 home victory over APOEL FC in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League;[8] this made him the first player to rise through all of the ranks from the age of six.[9] His first match in La Liga took place the following 12 March, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute for Andrés Iniesta in the 6–0 home rout of Getafe CF.[10]

In July 2016, Samper extended his contract until 2019 with a one-year further option and a buyout clause of €50 million,[9] and in the following month he joined Granada CF on a season-long loan.[11] After the Andalusians relegation, he was not issued a squad number in August 2017 by Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde[12] and was sent to UD Las Palmas on another temporary deal.[13] The spell was cut short in January 2019 after a fibula fracture and left-ankle internal ligament break.[14]

Vissel Kobe

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On 4 March 2019, Samper terminated his contract with Barcelona and left the Camp Nou after 18 years.[15] Three days later, he joined J1 League club Vissel Kobe on a four-year deal.[16][17]

Playing alongside former Barcelona players Iniesta and David Villa, Samper won the Emperor's Cup in his first year in Japan, but was absent from the final win over Kashima Antlers.[18] The following 8 February he started in the Super Cup, a penalty shootout defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos after a 3–3 draw.[19]

Andorra

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Samper returned to the Spanish second division on 28 July 2023, after agreeing to a two-year contract with FC Andorra.[20] As the campaign ended in relegation,[21] he scored his only goal on 3 December to help the hosts beat SD Huesca 1–0 through a close-range header in the 90th minute.[22]

Motor Lublin

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On 1 August 2024, Samper joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin on a one-year deal.[23][24] He made his debut one month later, featuring 45 minutes of the 5–2 away loss against Legia Warsaw after replacing Mathieu Scalet.[25]

International career

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Samper won his first cap for the Spain under-21 team on 12 November 2014 at the age of 19, playing the entire 1–4 friendly home loss to Belgium.[26]

Personal life

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Samper's older brother Jordi is a professional tennis player.[27] He played the game himself, until choosing football at six.[28]

Samper has type 1 diabetes, and befriended Borja Mayoral, who shares his condition, in the Spanish youth teams.[29]

Career statistics

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As of match played 24 May 2025[30][31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barcelona B 2013–14 Segunda División 40 0 — — — — 40 0
2014–15 Segunda División 34 0 — — — — 34 0
2015–16 Segunda División B 29 0 — — — — 29 0
Total 103 0 — — — — 103 0
Barcelona 2014–15 La Liga 0 0 3 0 — 1[c] 0 — 4 0
2015–16 La Liga 1 0 3 0 — 2[c] 0 1[d] 0 7 0
2016–17 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 1[e] 0 1 0
2018–19 La Liga 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 13 0
Granada (loan) 2016–17 La Liga 22 0 1 0 — — — 23 0
Las Palmas (loan) 2017–18 La Liga 2 0 3 0 — — — 5 0
Vissel Kobe 2019 J1 League 24 0 5 1 2 0 — — 31 1
2020 J1 League 26 0 — 1 0 0 0 1[f] 0 28 0
2021 J1 League 32 0 2 0 3 0 — — 37 0
2022 J1 League 6 0 0 0 0 0 1[g] 0 — 7 0
2023 J1 League 0 0 1 0 3 0 — — 4 0
Total 88 0 8 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 107 1
Andorra 2023–24 Segunda División 19 1 0 0 — — 0 0 19 1
Motor Lublin 2024–25 Ekstraklasa 25 0 0 0 — — — 25 0
Career total 260 1 19 1 9 0 4 0 3 0 295 2
  1. ^ Includes Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup
  2. ^ Includes J.League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ^ Appearance in Supercopa de España
  6. ^ Appearance in Japanese Super Cup
  7. ^ Appearance in AFC Champions League

Honours

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Barcelona

Vissel Kobe

References

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