In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Roca and the second or maternal family name is Vives.

Antoniu Roca Vives (born 5 September 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for RCD Espanyol.

Career

Born in Martorell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Roca joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in 2012, after representing CF Badalona, UDA Gramenet and AE Martorell.[1] He left the former in 2016, and played for UFB Jàbac Terrassa and CF Damm before moving to RCD Espanyol in 2019.[2][3]

Roca made his senior debut with the reserves on 17 January 2021, coming on as a late substitute for Gori in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against AE Prat.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 18 December, netting the winner in a 1–0 home success over SD Huesca B in the Segunda División RFEF.[4]

On 15 March 2022, Roca renewed his contract with the Pericos until 2024.[5] He made his first team debut on 8 September 2023, replacing Pere Milla late into a 4–1 Segunda División away routing of Levante UD.[6][7]

Roca made his La Liga debut on 19 August 2024, replacing Alejo Véliz in a 1–0 away loss to Real Valladolid.

References

  1. ^ "Antonio Roca Vives, Antoniu" (in Spanish). Futbol Base Català. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  2. ^ "La Damm segueix aportant talent al futbol base dels clubs professionals" [Damm keep on bringing talent to the youth sides of professional clubs] (in Spanish). CF Damm. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Antoniu Roca: La irrupción de una promesa en el primer equipo del Espanyol" [Antoniu Roca: The breakthrough of a prospect in the first team of Espanyol] (in Spanish). La Grada Online. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  4. ^ "L'Espanyol B aconsegueix una nova victòria per acabar l'any" [Espanyol B get a new win to end the year] (in Catalan). Betevé. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Antoniu Roca, ¡renovado!" [Antoniu Roca, renewed!] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  6. ^ "En un partido de Primera, el Espanyol duerme líder" [In a top-tier match, Espanyol end up as leaders] (in Spanish). Marca. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Antoniu Roca, el primer canterano en debutar oficialmente este curso" [Antoniu Roca, the first youth player to officially debut this season] (in Spanish). El 1900. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniu_Roca
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