Gemma Font
Font with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gemma Font Oliveras
Date of birth (1999-10-23) 23 October 1999[1]
Place of birth Tagamanent, Spain[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 24
Youth career
2013–2016 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Barcelona B 23 (0)
2018– Barcelona 18 (0)
International career‡
2022– Spain U–23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:45, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Gemma Font Oliveras (listenⓘ; born 23 October 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga F club FC Barcelona.

Personal life

Gemma Font is the older sister of Meritxell Font, who plays as a goalkeeper for Barcelona B.

Club career

Font started her career in Barcelona's academy in 2013.[3] In June 2020, following the 2019–20 season in which she played 14 games for Barcelona B in the Segunda División, Font renewed her contract with Barcelona until 2022. She had spent the season alternating between training with the first team and starting as goalkeeper for the B team.[4] On 20 January 2021, she made her debut for Barcelona in a Primera División game against Rayo Vallecano. She entered the field as a substitute for Sandra Paños at half-time in a 7–0 victory for Barcelona.[5]

On 6 June 2022, she signed a contract extension with Barcelona till 2024.[6]

International career

Font was called up for Spain U–23 in 2021.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 February 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa de la Reina UWCL Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2019–20 Segunda División Pro 140———140
2020–21 90———90
Total 230———230
Barcelona 2020–21 Primera División 4000100050
2021–22 6000000060
2022–23 80102000110
Total 180103000220
Career total 410103000450

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ Gemma Font at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gemma Font". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Gemma". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "El Barça renueva a Gemma Font dos temporadas más". Sport (in Spanish). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Gemma Font, tras su debut: "Es un sueño hecho realidad"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gemma Font renova fins al 2024". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). 6 June 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title". UEFA. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ↑ López, Josep Gabernet (17 May 2021). "FC Barcelona first club to win Men's and Women's Champions League". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Boguñá, Roger. "Barça – Wolfsburg: Campiones d'Europa! (3-2)". FC Barcelona (in Catalan). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Iberdrola league champions 2019/20!". FC Barcelona. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Sixth league title, second in a row and a record!". FC Barcelona. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "¡La séptima Liga y tercera consecutiva!". FC Barcelona (in Spanish). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Women's football: Cup winners! (Barça 3-0 EDF Logroño)". FC Barcelona. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Barça Women 4-2 Levante: Cup champions!". FC Barcelona. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Barça - Sporting Huelva: ¡Campeonas de la Copa de la Reina! (6-1)". FC Barcelona (in Spanish). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "Real Sociedad 1-10 Barça Women: Super Cup Champions!". FC Barcelona. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  17. ↑ "Second Spanish Super Cup winners, now outright leaders". FC Barcelona. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.


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