Agus Medina

Agustín "Agus" Medina Delgado (born 8 September 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Segunda División club Ponferradina. He previously played for Sabadell, Celta B and Cornellà before joining English club Birmingham City in 2019. He then returned to Cornellà on loan. He plays either as a right back or in central midfield.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Medina and the second or maternal family name is Delgado.
Agus Medina
Medina with Birmingham City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Agustín Medina Delgado[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994
Place of birth Barberà del Vallès, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back, central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ponferradina
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2004 Barberà Andalucía
2004–2006 Terrassa
2006–2009 Jàbac Terrassa
2009–2013 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Sabadell B 52 (7)
2014–2016 Sabadell 37 (3)
2016–2018 Celta B 63 (6)
2018–2019 Cornellà 35 (3)
2019–2021 Birmingham City 1 (0)
2020 → Cornellà (loan) 9 (1)
2020–2021 → Cornellà (loan) 26 (7)
2021– Ponferradina 32 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Medina was born in Barberà del Vallès, in the Province of Barcelona in Catalonia.[2] He joined Valencia CF's youth system in 2009, aged 14.[3] In July 2013, he moved to CE Sabadell FC and was assigned to the reserves in the regional leagues.[4]

Medina featured regularly for the B-side, which was promoted to the Tercera División, and signed a new deal with the club, of one year with the option of a further two.[5] On 24 August 2014, he played his first match as a professional, starting in a 2–3 home loss against Real Betis in the Segunda División.[6]

On 3 August 2016, free agent Medina signed a two-year contract with another reserve team, Celta de Vigo B of the Segunda División B.[7] On 14 July 2018, he moved to another third-tier team, UE Cornellà, for the coming season.[8]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, he signed a two-year contract with Cornellà's sister club, Birmingham City of the English Championship.[9] He made his debut on 6 August in the starting eleven for the EFL Cup first round visit to Portsmouth, partnering Craig Gardner in central midfield as two of the few experienced players in a team that lost 3–0.[10] Four days later, he made his first Football League appearance as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw with Bristol City.[11]

Having made no further first-team appearances, Medina rejoined Cornellà on 15 January 2020 on loan until 30 June.[12] He made nine appearances, scored once, an equaliser at home to Gimnàstic de Tarragona, and was never on the losing side,[13] before football in Spain was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] When it was confirmed that the promotion play-offs would take place, his loan spell was extended to cover the remainder of the season.[15] His goal in the semifinal took Cornellà through to the final,[16] in which they lost 1–0 to CD Castellón so were not promoted.[13]

Medina was twice an unused substitute at the beginning of Birmingham's 2020–21 season, but with several midfielders ahead of him in new head coach Aitor Karanka's pecking order, he rejoined Cornellà on 2 October 2020 on loan for the season.[17] He continued as a first-team regular, and it was his cross, "flicked home expertly" by Adrián Jiménez, that led to Cornellà eliminating La Liga leaders Atlético Madrid from the 2020–21 Copa del Rey.[18] He finished the season with seven goals from 26 league appearances as Cornellà ensured their place in the new third-tier Primera RFEF for the 2021–22 season.[19][20] Birmingham confirmed that he would be released when his contract expired at the end of the season.[21]

Amid interest from clubs including Burgos CF, UD Ibiza and Deportivo de La Coruña, Medina signed for Segunda División club Ponferradina on 3 July 2021.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sabadell 2014–15[23] Segunda División7030——100
2015–16[24] Segunda División B30310——313
Total 37340——413
Celta de Vigo B 2016–17[25] Segunda División B261——1[lower-alpha 3]0271
2017–18[26] Segunda División B375——4[lower-alpha 3]0415
Total 636——50686
Cornellà 2018–19[27] Segunda División B35310—2[lower-alpha 3]1384
Birmingham City 2019–20[28] Championship10—10—20
2020–21[29] Championship00—00—00
Total 10—10—20
Cornellà (loan) 2019–20[13] Segunda División B91——3[lower-alpha 3]1122
2020–21[19] Segunda División B26730——298
Total 35830—31419
Ponferradina 2021–22[2] Segunda División32431——355
Career total 202241111010222427
  1. Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Birmingham City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Agus Medina". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. Gómez, H. (30 May 2013). "Agus: uno de los canteranos 'captados' por el Valencia CF en los últimos años" [Agus, one of the canteranos 'picked' by Valencia CF in recent years]. Plaza Deportiva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. "El Sabadell B comença a perfilar la seva plantilla" [Sabadell B are starting to sort their squad out] (in Catalan). CE Sabadell FC. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  5. "Agus Medina renova pel CE Sabadell" [Agus Medina renews with CE Sabadell] (in Catalan). CE Sabadell FC. 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  6. "El Betis vence con susto" [Betis win but get a fright]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 August 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. "Agus Medina, refuerzo versátil para el Celta B" [Agus Medina, versatile addition for Celta B] (in Spanish). Celta de Vigo. 3 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  8. "Bienvenido, Agus Medina" [Welcome, Agus Medina] (in Spanish). UE Cornellà. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  9. "Birmingham City: Midfielders Agustin Medina and Ivan Guzman sign". BBC Sport. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. Chapman, Joseph (6 August 2019). "Birmingham City player ratings: Jude Bellingham shines bright despite defeat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. Ireland, Shane (10 August 2019). "Birmingham City player ratings: Fran Villalba is magic as Bristol City peg Blues back". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. "Agus Medina returns to UE Cornella on loan". Birmingham City F.C. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  13. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  14. Cortés, Sergio; Gutiérrez, Borja (13 March 2020). "Sport another Covid-19 casualty as fixtures are postponed for two weeks". Sur in English. Málaga. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  15. "Loan extension granted for Fran Villalba". Birmingham City F.C. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  16. Bernad Suelves, Marc (23 July 2020). "Agus Medina deja al Cornellà a un solo paso de Segunda" [Agus Medina leaves Cornellà one step away from the Second]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  17. "Medina returns to Cornella". Birmingham City F.C. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  18. Ridge, Patric (6 January 2021). "Cornella 1–0 Atletico Madrid: LaLiga leaders suffer Copa del Rey upset". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  19. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2020–21". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  20. Baeza, José V. (15 May 2021). "El Hércules mete al Cornellà en la Pro y da oxígeno a Lleida y Llagostera" [Hércules put Cornellà in the Pro and give Lleida and Llagostera some breathing space]. Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  21. "Retained and released list". Birmingham City F.C. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  22. Estébanez, Álex (3 July 2021). "Agus Medina se une al proyecto del centenario berciano" [Agus Medina joins the Bercian centenary project]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  23. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  24. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2015–16". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  25. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  26. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  27. "Agus Medina: Agustín Medina Delgado: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  28. "Games played by Agus Medina in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  29. "Games played by Agus Medina in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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