Jan Virgili
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| Full name | Jan Virgili Tenas | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vilassar de Mar, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Badalona | |||||||||||||||||
| Vilassar Dalt | |||||||||||||||||
| Espanyol | |||||||||||||||||
| Damm | |||||||||||||||||
| Mataró | |||||||||||||||||
| Europa | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Granollers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Gimnàstic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Barcelona B | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Spain U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Jan Virgili Tenas (born 26 July 2006) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for FC Barcelona Atlètic.
Early life
Virgili was born on 26 July 2006. Born in Vilassar de Mar, Spain, he is a native of the city and is the brother of Nil Virgili.[1]
Career
As a youth player, Virgili joined the youth academy of Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Ahead of the 2024–25 season, he joined the youth academy of La Liga side FC Barcelona, where he played in the UEFA Youth League.[2]
In 2025, he was promoted to the club's reserve team in 2025. On 25 January 2025, he debuted for them during a 1–1 away draw with Ourense CF in the league. On 29 March 2025, he scored his first goal for them during a 2–0 home win over Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the league.[3]
Style of play
Virgili plays as a forward and is right-footed. Spanish newspaper Sport wrote in 2025 that he "is a striker who can play in any forward position... thrives on the wing... can operate on both flanks. Powerful and with a great change of pace".[4]
Honours
Spain U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2025[5]
References
- ^ "La familia que une al Barça con la cultura catalana y explota en la Youth League: "Tiene potencial para la Primera División"" [The family that unites Barça with Catalan culture and thrives in the Youth League: "It has potential for the First Division"] (in Spanish). Relevo. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Jan Virgili, el juvenil del Barça que maravilla en la Youth League" [Jan Virgili, the Barça youth player who is dazzling in the Youth League] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ Jan Virgili at Soccerway
- ^ "El juvenil Jan Virgili, a las órdenes de Flick" [The youngster Jan Virgili, under Flick's orders] (in Spanish). Sport. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Spain vs Netherlands – UEFA Under-19 Championship 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 27 June 2025.