FC Barcelona today stated on the club website that left back Alejandro Grimaldo, who suffered a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament in the right knee, has successfully undergone surgery on Friday.
Barça B left back Alejandro ‘Álex’ Grimaldo yesterday suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his right knee while playing against Hércules CF. The 17-year old player from Valencia will have to undergo surgery in the coming days, which will give an estimation on his recovery time.
Four Barça B players have been selected by Spain U21 coach Julen Lopetegui for the upcoming friendly match against Belgium, which will take place in Mechelen, Belgium on February 5th at 20:00 CET. The four players selected are Sergi Gómez, Alejandro Grimaldo, Luis Alberto and Gerard Deulofeu.
Spain vs Greece, Final, UEFA U-19 European Championships.
(Sunday, July 15 2012 @ 20:30 Barcelona time)
Two FC Barcelona youngsters Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) start the match for Spain.
Full Lineup and Live Streams after the jump!
The Spanish under-19 national team defeated France on penalties to book a place in the final match where they will face Greece for the title. The Spaniards, led by a Gerard Deulofeu brace, were stretched to the limit in the match which eventually ended 3-3 after extra time. Deulofeu, one of the pearls of the current Barcelona youth system, scored the fifth and decisive penalty for Spain giving them the victory [4-2].
The final match will be held on Sunday July 15 at 20:30 local time [Estonia].
Spain vs France, Semi-Final, UEFA U-19 European Championships.
(Monday, July 12 2012 @ 19:00 Barcelona time)
Two FC Barcelona youngsters Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) start the match for Spain.
Full Lineup and Live Streams after the jump!
Spain vs Estonia, Matchday 3 of Group A, UEFA U-19 European Championships.
(Monday, July 09 2012 @ 16:00 Barcelona time)
Two FC Barcelona youngsters Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) start the match for Spain.
Full Lineup and Live Streams after the jump!
Portugal vs Spain, Matchday 2 of Group A, UEFA U-19 European Championships.
(Friday, June 06 2012 @ 19:00 Barcelona time)
Two FC Barcelona youngsters Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) start the match for Spain.
Full Lineup and Live Streams after the jump!
Spain U19 enjoyed a successful start to the defence of their UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in Estonia with goals from Jesé Rodríguez and Derik Osede helping them to a 2-1 win against Greece. Barcelona pair Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) both produced impressive outings, with the former providing the assist for the first goal and playing a role in the second, while the latter earned plenty of plaudits for his performance, from both Cules and neutral fans alike, on the social media outlet twitter.
Spain vs Greece, Matchday 1 of Group A, UEFA U-19 European Championships.
(Monday, June 03 2012 @ 16:30 Barcelona time)
Two FC Barcelona youngsters Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16) start the match for Spain.
Full Lineup and Live Streams after the jump!
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Two Barcelona B players, Gerard Deulofeu (18) and Alejandro Grimaldo (16), make the Spain squad to play in the UEFA European U19 Championships, being held in Estonia from 3rd to 15th July. Full squad, schedule and more details after the break.
One goalkeeper, two defenders, two midfielders, a winger and a forward are the reinforcements that Eusebio will have from Juvenil A for next season. Bañuz, Ayala, Grimaldo, Patric, Miguel Ángel, Quintillà, and Dongou are the seven players chosen for promotion to Barça B.
Last week FC Barcelona’s Juvenil A side, coached by Oscar Garcia, managed to get a win against neighbor city team Gimnastic de Tarragona. The 0-2 victory came thanks to goals scored by two marvellous players, Dongou and Grimaldo.
A recent addition to Catalan paper Mundo Deportivo has been a series of youth profiles written by Oriol Domènech. In early December, his profile of Sergi Samper appeared here on totalBarça. Now it’s the turn of Juvenil A left back Alejandro Grimaldo (16), one of La Masia’s promising players who is currently speeding through the youth ranks, having debuted for the first team and Barça B this season. The original article can be found here.
In Barcelona B’s convincing 4-0 win against Cartagena, a special record was created. The whole team played immensely, but the match was made more memorable for the impressive performance of left back Alejandro Grimaldo, who at 15 years and 349 days old was making his debut in the Segunda division. The teenager’s first stint for Barcelona B came on August 9, featuring as left back in the 3-0 loss to Espanyol in the final of the Catalonia Cup. Grimaldo is now the youngest player to play for Barca B beating the previous record held by Haruna Babangida.
Seven FC Barcelona youngsters have been called up for the Spain U-16 training, scheduled to be held at Soccer City of Las Rozas from 25 to 27 October.
Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.
Every week at totalBarca, we bring you the results of the top four youth sides of La Masia: the Juvenil A, Juvenil B, Cadet A, Cadet B sides respectively. We also name the Man of the Match (MOM) performer for each category.
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