Jordi Tarrés (footballer)

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Jordi Tarrés
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Tarrés with Lee Man in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jordi Tarrés Páramo [1]
Date of birth (1981-03-16) 16 March 1981 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain [1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Kitchee (technical director)
Youth career
Espanyol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 Igualada 2 (0)
1999–2002 Espanyol B 25 (2)
2001Cornellà (loan) 20 (8)
2002–2004 Sabadell 73 (26)
2004–2005 Hércules 15 (3)
2005–2007 Terrassa 62 (11)
2007–2008 Lorca Deportiva 28 (2)
2008–2009 Espanyol B 19 (10)
2009–2010 Hospitalet 20 (12)
2010–2019 Kitchee 100 (50)
2016–2017Hong Kong Rangers (loan) 18 (13)
2017–2018Lee Man (loan) 3 (1)
2019–2020 Lee Man 7 (1)
Total392(139)
International career
2018 Hong Kong U23 4 (2)
2006 Catalonia 1 (0)
2017–2018 Hong Kong 5 (2)
Managerial career
2020–2021 Lee Man (assistant)
2022–2024 Lee Man (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordi Tarrés Páramo (alternately Jorge Tarrés Páramo, [2] [3] Chinese :佐迪; born 16 March 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the technical director of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee's academy.

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He spent most of his professional career with Kitchee in Hong Kong after signing in 2010, eventually going on to represent that national team in 2017. He amassed Segunda División B totals of 203 games and 44 goals over eight seasons during his spell in his native Spain.

Club career

Spain

Tarrés was born in Barcelona, Catalonia to Isidoro Tarrés, a footballer who represented FC Barcelona amongst other clubs. [4] [5] [6] The son was a youth product of Espanyol and also appeared for its reserves in the third level, [7] mostly representing teams in his native region.

In his country, Tarrés never competed in higher than Segunda División B, starting off with Igualada in the Tercera División. In the former tier he played with Sabadell, Hércules, Terrassa and Lorca Deportiva. [8]

Kitchee

Tarrés signed for Kitchee on 26 July 2010, being the second Spaniard to join the Hong Kong side after Fernando Recio. In his first season the club won the First Division League after 47 years, and he was also crowned top scorer alongside Makhosonke Bhengu of Fourway Athletics. [9] He also scored four goals in the 2012 AFC Cup group stage, helping the team to win their group and progress to the last-16 stage of the tournament. [10]

On 1 May 2013, Tarrés scored a hat-trick against Warriors to become top scorer in the 2013 AFC Cup group stage with ten goals, finding the net in at all group-stage games and equalling Julius Akosah's record for a Hong Kong club in the same competition. [11] The following day, Kitchee general manager Ken Ng confirmed that he had signed a new two-year contract.

From 2016 to 2018, Tarrés served season-long loans at fellow Premier League sides Rangers and Lee Man. [12] On 9 January 2018, he was recalled by Kitchee ahead of their 2018 AFC Champions League campaign. [13]

On 25 May 2019, it was announced that the 38-year-old Tarrés would be leaving the Mong Kok Stadium after nine years. [14]

Lee Man

Tarrés returned to Lee Man on 19 July 2019, rejoining the club after his previous loan stint. [15] On 11 October 2020, having become a UEFA Pro Licence holder, [16] he announced his retirement and was named their assistant coach. [17]

Return to Kitchee

Tarrés returned to Kitchee in July 2024, being appointed technical director of the football academy. [18]

International career

Tarrés received his Hong Kong passport in October 2017 at the age of 36, alongside his compatriots Dani Cancela and Fernando Recio. [19] He made his debut for the national team on 5 October, scoring one goal in a 4–0 friendly win over Laos. [20]

Career statistics

Club

[21] [22] [1]

ClubSeasonLeagueCup [23] Continental [24] Other [25] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol B 2000–01 Segunda División B 600060
2001–02 19210202
Total25210262
Sabadell 2002–03 Segunda División B361500003615
2003–04 371132214214
Total732632217829
Hércules 2004–05 Segunda División B15300153
Terrassa 2005–06 32610336
2006–07 30510315
Total6211206411
Lorca 2007–08 Segunda División B28200282
Espanyol B 2008–09 Tercera División 19101910
Hospitalet 2009–10 2012102112
Kitchee 2010–11 Hong Kong First Division 1512301812
2011–12 16942742715
2012–13 137609122819
2013–14 17952632814
2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League 157851123414
2015–16 1037462177
Total86473313332115281
Rangers (loan) 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League1813202013
Lee Man (loan) 2017–18 313061
Kitchee 41003071
2018–19 1024152195
Total1434182266
Lee Man 2019–20 Hong Kong Premier League7130101
Career total3701315116412331465171

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong [22] 201742
201810
Total52

International goals

Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tarrés goal. [22]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 October 2017 Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 1–04–0 Friendly
2.10 October 2017 Hong Kong Stadium, Wanchai, Hong KongFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1–02–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Honours

Kitchee

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jordi Tarrés at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Tarres Paramo, Jorge". Hong Kong Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. "AFC Champions League 2015 – Squad list". Asian Football Confederation . Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Isidre Tarrés ja pensa en el seu nou Igualada" [Isidre Tarrés already thinking about his new Igualada] (in Catalan). Futbol Catalunya. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. "港超聯 傑志佐迪:波政要分明". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. "Tarrés: Isidre Tarrés Caubet". BDFutbol. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  7. Padilla, A. (25 February 2002). "Tarrés pone fin a la mala racha del Espanyol B" [Tarrés ends Espanyol B negative streak]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  8. Re, Pedro (18 May 2008). "El Lorca despide la temporada ante un Ceuta que aún puede ser primero" [Lorca say goodbye to season against a Ceuta who can still finish first]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. Garcia-Planas, Yaca (13 April 2011). "La historia de Jordi Tarrés: Esto no es un cuento chino" [The story of Jordi Tarrés: This is no Chinese tale]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  10. "Kitchee are home and dry". The Standard . 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  11. 黎永淦 (2 May 2013). 5:0炒勇士 6場入18球. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  12. "理文密密簽唔想再靠借?". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  13. "傑志主場首戰對手欲組國腳級防線 全北汽車向江蘇蘇寧提出借洪正好" (in Chinese). Upower. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  14. Yuen, Chi Ho (25 May 2019). "列斯奧佐迪結束9年傑志生涯 林柱機指新東家野心大" (in Chinese). HK01. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  15. Yung, Yat Fu (19 July 2019). "理文新球季引入3大經驗老將 實行「以老帶新」聯賽站穩陣腳" [Lee Man present 3 experienced veterans for the new season] (in Chinese). Upower. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  16. Lai, Wing Kam (12 October 2020). "佐迪入波完美告別球員生涯". Wen Wei Po (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  17. Yuen, Chi Ho (11 October 2020). "佐迪告別21載職業生涯 入球是習慣 卻沒料過是最後一次" [Hong Kong Super League | Jordi bids farewell to his 21-year career "Goal is a habit" but unfortunately this will be the last] (in Chinese). HK01. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  18. "Kitchee confirm appointment of Jordi Tarrés as technical director". Kitchee SC. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  19. "Spanish-born Jorge Tarres condemns violence in Catalonia as he eyes Hong Kong debut in Asian Cup qualifier". South China Morning Post . 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  20. "International Friendly Match – Hong Kong 4:0 Laos". Hong Kong Football Association. 5 October 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  21. Jordi Tarrés at BDFutbol
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jordi Tarrés at Soccerway
  23. Includes Copa del Rey, Hong Kong Senior Shield, Hong Kong FA Cup & Hong Kong League Cup
  24. Includes AFC Cup & AFC Champions League
  25. Includes promotion and relegation play-offs