Gerard López

Monaco and retirement After leaving Barça with the 2005 national championship, Gerard moved abroad, spending two unassuming seasons with France's AS Monaco FC, also being severely injured. He returned to Spain for 2007–08, with top-division Recreativo de Huelva.

After rejecting a move to PAOK FC, Gerard trained for a few months with lowly EC Granollers, in Preferent Territorial de Catalunya. In mid-February 2009 he moved back to Catalonia, joining Girona FC until the end of the campaign; shortly after arriving he was injured again, but managed to score four goals in only six Segunda División games.

International career After a spectacular 1999–00 season with Valencia, on both fronts, Gerard earned his first cap for Spain on 3 June 2000, in a 1–1 friendly with Sweden in Gothenburg. He went on to play a further five matches, being selected for UEFA Euro 2000.

Coaching career In October 2013, Gerard replaced Johan Cruyff as manager of Catalonia. On 22 July 2015, he was appointed at Barcelona B after their relegation to Segunda División B.

At the end of the 2016–17 season, Gerard coached his team back to the second tier. Subsequently, he renewed his contract for another year.

On 25 April 2018, with the side placed inside the relegation zone, Gerard was relieved of his duties.

Personal life Gerard's older brothers, Sergi and Julià López Segú (commonly known as Juli, born 1969), were also footballers, and defenders. The former, who also represented Barcelona, died by suicide at 39.

The latter played almost exclusively for Barça B whilst they were in division two, also having a brief top-flight spell (13 matches) with Real Valladolid, in 1993–94.

Career statistics Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gerard goal. + List of international goals scored by GerardNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 2 September 2000 Koševo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–1 2002 World Cup qualification 2 7 October 2000 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 1–0 2–0 2002 World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordBarcelona B22 July 201525 April 2018 Total—

Honours Valencia Supercopa de España: 1999 UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1999–2000