Youth: Three players have played for three teams

author: Jaume Marcadet
source: fcbarcelona.cat




THREE CATEGORIES, THREE PLAYERS

Planas, Etock and Ella have this season played in three categories of Barça's youth football. Etock even has managed to score with the three teams of Barcelona's youth academy he has played for.

Starting the season with one team and climb one category halfway the season has become more and more common at Barça's youth teams. The necessities of the teams or the progress made by the players are the elements that make the coaches decide on a promotion.

Atypical cases
What is more exceptional is what three players have already experienced this season. Planas, Etock and Ella have played in three different categories so far this season.

From Juvenil B to Barça Atlètic
Carles Planas is a left back defender of 17 years old who started this season with the Juvenil B team, the same team in which he competed last year. His experience made him the captain of the team.

His good performances led to his debut with the Juvenil A team against Ferriolense last 31 January. And the injuries and suspensions of several Barça Atlètic defenders against Denia made it possible that Luis Enrique chose Carles Planas to be a starter in the last league game in the third division.

From Cadete A to Juvenil A
The cases of Etock and Ella are similar. Both are Cameroonian strikers born in 1993 who play together for three years at the youth teams of the club. They started the 2006-2007 season with the Infantil A team. Last season, Ella started with the Cadete B and played occasionally with the Cadete A, while Etock was part of the Cadete A squad from the first day of the season.

This season, Etock and Ella did the pre-season with the Juvenil B, a team they have regularly played for. The day that the Cadete A team played against Espanyol, both reinforced the team of coach Víctor Sánchez. With success, since Gael Etock scored the decive goal (2-1) in the last minute of the game.

During the first months of the league and due to a lack of attacking players, Ella made his debut with the Juvenil A team, an experience that Etock also lived last weekend against Penya Ciutadella. With the goal he scored against the Balearic team, Etock has now celebrated goals with the three teams he has played for along this season.



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