Carles Planas Antolínez (born 4 March 1991) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career Barcelona Born in Sant Celoni, Barcelona, Catalonia, Planas started playing football for his hometown club, moving to FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, at age 9. After progressing through its ranks he was promoted to the reserves in 2009, going on to spend several seasons in the Segunda División with them.
In late November/early December 2012, Planas appeared in his only two competitive games with the first team: he made his debut in a 3–1 home win over Deportivo Alavés in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey (6–1 on aggregate), featuring the last 20 minutes of the match in place of Adriano.Villa salva la papeleta (Villa to the rescue); Marca, 28 November 2012 (in Spanish) The following week, as the Blaugrana were already qualified as first in their UEFA Champions League group, he started against S.L. Benfica in a 0–0 draw, also at the Camp Nou.Barcelona stalemate not enough for Benfica; UEFA, 5 December 2012
Celta On 5 June 2014, Planas was released by Barcelona,Planas i Bañuz acaben contracte amb el filial (Planas and Bañuz end contract with reserves); FC Barcelona, 5 June 2014 (in Catalan) but on the same day he joined RC Celta de Vigo on a three-year deal.Celta Vigo announce signing of Carles Planas from Barcelona ; Inside Spanish Football, 5 June 2014 He made his La Liga debut on 24 August, playing the entirety of the 3–1 home victory over Getafe CF.Celta-Getafe: El mejor tridente para empezar (3–1) (Celta-Getafe: The best trio to start (3–1)); Eurosport, 24 August 2014 (in Spanish)
Planas' contract was not extended at the end of the 2016–17 campaign, and he left Balaídos with 59 appearances in all competitions to his credit.Carles Planas no seguirá en el Celta (Carles Planas will not continue with Celta); La Voz de Galicia, 31 May 2017 (in Spanish)
Girona On 13 July 2017, free agent Planas signed a three-year contract with newly-promoted Girona FC.El Girona ficha a Carles Planas (Girona sign Carles Planas); Marca, 13 July 2017 (in Spanish) He spent the better part of his first season dealing with injury problems.Los motivos por lo que a un jugador del Girona se le ha quedado esta espeluznante cara (The reasons as to why a Girona player was left with this horrifying face); La Vanguardia, 29 November 2017 (in Spanish)Planas sufre una lesión en el bíceps femoral (Planas suffers femoral biceps injury); Sport, 6 March 2018 (in Spanish)
On 22 August 2019, after suffering relegation, Planas severed ties with the club.
AEK Larnaca Immediately after leaving Girona, Planas joined AEK Larnaca FC of the Cypriot First Division. In June 2021, having often been injured and also criticised for his performances, he announced his retirement aged 30.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBarcelona B2008–09Segunda División B10——102009–1030——302010–11Segunda División170——1702011–12320——3202012–13321——3212013–14351——351Total120200001202Barcelona2012–13La Liga00101020Celta2014–15La Liga11030001402015–1626050003102016–171200020140Total4908020590Girona2017–18La Liga5020—702018–197000—70Total1202000140AEK Larnaca2019–20Cypriot First Division13120—1512020–210011—11Total1313100162 Career total1943141302114
References
External links FC Barcelona official profile