Jordi Roura

Jordi Roura
	Roura on the bench for Barcelona
Personal information
Full name	Jordi Roura Solà
Date of birth	10 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Llagostera, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1986	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1991	Barcelona B
1985–1987	Barcelona C
1988–1992	Barcelona
1991–1992	→ Murcia (loan)
1992–1993	Figueres
1994	Sant Andreu
Total
Managerial career
1996–1998	Yokohama Flügels (assistant)
2007	Hospitalet
2012–2014	Barcelona (assistant)
2013	Barcelona (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordi Roura Solà (born 10 September 1967) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Born in Llagostera, Girona, Catalonia, Roura arrived at FC Barcelona's La Masia in the summer of 1982, aged 15. He made his first senior appearance two years later (whilst still a junior), playing 90 minutes for the B team in a 4–0 away win against Real Madrid Castilla and going on to spend two full seasons with the side in the Segunda División, being relegated in 1989.

Roura made his La Liga debut on 11 September 1988 in a 3–0 victory at Elche CF,^[1] under Johan Cruyff, but a serious injury to his right knee in the 1989 European Super Cup against AC Milan severely hindered his growth as a footballer. He went on to appear in only nine additional league matches for the remainder of his spell at the Camp Nou.^[2]

Released by the Blaugrana in 1991, Roura resumed his career in the second tier, being relegated with both Real Murcia and UE Figueres^[3] and continuing to be bothered by physical problems.^[2] He retired in June 1994 at only 26, after half a season with lowly UE Sant Andreu.^[4]

Coaching career

Roura's first job as a coach was in Japan, being part of fellow former Barcelona player Carles Rexach's staff at Yokohama Flügels in the late 90s.^[5]^[2] Subsequently, he worked in directorial capacities with another club in his native region, Terrassa FC, remaining in that position until 2007.

Roura spent the early part of the 2007–08 season at the helm of CE L'Hospitalet in the Segunda División B, being fired in late December 2007^[6] as his side eventually suffered relegation. In 2009, he was part of the Barcelona team of observers in Pep Guardiola's technical staff; in the following three years, he was in charge of analysing the rivals.^[2]

On 30 June 2012, after Guardiola's departure, Roura replaced his lifelong friend Tito Vilanova as Barcelona's assistant manager, as the latter was promoted to head coaching duties.^[7]^[2] On 19 December he took over on an interim basis, when it was learned the former had suffered a recurrence of parotid gland cancer that would need surgery the following day; according to the club, he would be in charge for approximately six weeks whilst Vilanova was in chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment.^[8]

References

^ "Este Barça no perdona" [No-mercy Barça] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 September 1988. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Clos, Jordi (15 June 2012). "Jordi Roura: From the Masia to the first-team bench". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ Casademont, Emili (15 July 1992). "Figueres: Roura y Ramón, los dos primeros fichajes" [Figueres: Roura and Ramón, two first signings] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ "El ex azulgrana Roura llega a un acuerdo con el Sant Andreu" [Ex azulgrana Roura reaches agreement with Sant Andreu]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 January 1994. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "La J-League habla español" [The J-League speaks Spanish]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 March 1998. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "El 'Hospi' echa a Roura y el Sabadell ficha a Cazorla" ['Hospi' sack Roura and Sabadell sign Cazorla] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ Romero, Ricky (11 June 2012). "Jordi Roura: de la sala de vídeo al banquillo" [Jordi Roura: from the video room to the bench]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^ "Tito Vilanova to undergo surgery this Thursday". FC Barcelona. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

Jordi Roura at BDFutbol
Jordi Roura manager profile at BDFutbol

[1] "Este Barça no perdona" [No-mercy Barça] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 September 1988. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

[Barca-2] Clos, Jordi (15 June 2012). "Jordi Roura: From the Masia to the first-team bench". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[3] Casademont, Emili (15 July 1992). "Figueres: Roura y Ramón, los dos primeros fichajes" [Figueres: Roura and Ramón, two first signings] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2012.

[4] "El ex azulgrana Roura llega a un acuerdo con el Sant Andreu" [Ex azulgrana Roura reaches agreement with Sant Andreu]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 January 1994. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[5] "La J-League habla español" [The J-League speaks Spanish]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 March 1998. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[6] "El 'Hospi' echa a Roura y el Sabadell ficha a Cazorla" ['Hospi' sack Roura and Sabadell sign Cazorla] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

[7] Romero, Ricky (11 June 2012). "Jordi Roura: de la sala de vídeo al banquillo" [Jordi Roura: from the video room to the bench]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2012.

[8] "Tito Vilanova to undergo surgery this Thursday". FC Barcelona. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

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