Sergi Canós

Club career Early career Born in Nules, Castellón, Valencian Community, Canós began his career in the youth systems at Nules, CD Castellón and Espanyol, before rejecting attention from Valencia, Villarreal and Atlético Madrid to join Barcelona's academy in 2010. Able to play as a winger or forward, he left La Masia in 2013.

Liverpool

2013–2015 Canós moved to England to sign for Premier League club Liverpool at the age of 16 in 2013. he progressed through the U18 team during the 2013–14 season to make his debut for the club's reserves in August 2014. He made the first senior appearance of his career as a late substitute for Philipp Hofmann in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road on 12 September. Canós broke into the starting lineup and the day after extending his loan, He scored four further goals during the second half of the season and finished with seven goals from 39 appearances.

Norwich City On 13 July 2016, Canós signed a four-year contract with Championship club Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, which could have risen to £4.5 million. He was largely out of favour at Carrow Road and featured mainly in cup competitions, scoring his first goals for the club with a brace in a 6–1 EFL Cup second round thrashing of Coventry City on 23 August 2016. The undisclosed fee (reported to be £2,500,000, rising to £4,500,000) made him the club's then-record signing. Canós made his second Brentford debut five days later, as a 69th-minute substitute for Florian Jozefzoon during a 3–3 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion. He made his first appearance of the season with a start versus Aston Villa on 9 September 2017, He made his second return of the season as a late substitute in a 3–3 draw with Sunderland on 21 October and scored his first goal of the season on his eighth appearance, in a 3–1 win over West London rivals Fulham on 2 December. He finished a "frustrating" 2017–18 season with 31 appearances and three goals.

2018–19 season Canós featured predominantly as a starter through the first half of the 2018–19 season, before dropping to the bench. Shortly afterwards, he signed a new four-year contract, with the option of a further year. Canós returned to outdoor training in February 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the three-month suspension imposed on the season allowed him to make substitute appearances after the restart. In February 2021, Canós commented that the injury was "the best moment of my career" and made him improve his mentality and "understand why top players are playing in top leagues. I understand how much it takes".

2020–21 season Due to the unavailability and subsequent departure on loan of Saïd Benrahma, Canós began the 2020–21 season primarily in a starting role on the left wing. His performances and four goals in December 2020 (which included the first hat-trick of his career, in 3–2 win over Cardiff City on Boxing Day) won him nominations for the Championship Player of the Month and PFA Fans' Championship Player of the Month awards. Canós finished a "career-defining" 2020–21 season with career highs in appearances (55) and goals (9) and celebrated promotion to the Premier League with victory in the 2021 Championship play-off final. Aside from his natural wing role, as a forward. Following one month out with a thigh injury, Canós made his 35th appearance of the campaign on the final day of the Premier League season versus Leeds United. Booked for removing his shirt while celebrating, Canós received a second yellow card two minutes later for a tackle on Raphinha. a hamstring injury saw Canós miss the first month of the regular season. Restricted to sporadic substitute appearances, in competition with five other wide players and unwilling to play wing back, Canós joined Super League Greece club Olympiacos on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season on the final day of the winter transfer window. During a spell affected by a knee injury, he scored four goals in eight appearances. but he was not involved in Brentford's 2023–24 pre-season campaign and transferred away from Brentford on 20 August 2023. He ended his career with the club on 246 appearances and 36 goals across his two spells and as its record appearance-maker for a player born outside the British Isles,

Valencia On 20 August 2023, Canós returned to his native Spain to sign a four-year contract with La Liga club Valencia for an undisclosed fee. He made 31 appearances and scored two goals during a mid-table 2023–24 season. Despite being a regular inclusion in the matchday squad, Canós' appearance count dropped to 22 during a mid-table 2024–25 season. He underwent hernia surgery prior to the final match of the season and was then frozen out of the first team squad late in the 2025–26 pre-season. On 1 September 2025, Canós joined Segunda División club Real Valladolid on loan until the end of the 2025–26 season. He made 21 appearances and scored two goals prior to suffering a season-ending rupture to the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during a match versus Cultural Leonesa on 4 April 2026.

International career Canós made his international debut for Spain at U15 level and was a part of the team which reached the quarter-final of the 2012 Copa de México de Naciones. He progressed to play at U16 and U17 level, making six appearances and scoring two goals during the U17s' unsuccessful qualification campaign for the 2014 European U17 Championship.

Canós made his U19 debut in a friendly against Italy on 20 January 2016 and appeared in two of Spain's three 2016 European U19 Championship unsuccessful elite round qualifiers three months later.

Style of play Canós has been described as "very good technically", "a quick attacking player", "someone who can dribble, can score goals and can provide assists" and who "unashamedly, wears his heart on his sleeve and thrives off the energy and passion of a paying crowd". He describes himself as "a player whose confidence is based on goals, assists, creating chances, crosses". His family ran a Spanish restaurant, Gracias, on Penny Lane in Liverpool. His mother died in February 2023.

Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals Liverpool 2015–16 Premier League

Brentford (loan) 2015–16 Championship

Norwich City U21 2016–17 1 3 1

2016–17 Championship 30 3 1 0 0 0

31 3 2018–19 Championship 44 7 4 2 2 0

50 9 2019–20 Championship 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0 2020–21 Championship 46 9 1 0 5 0 3 Premier League 31 3 1 0 3 1

35 4 2022–23 Premier League 5 0 1 0 0 0

6 0

225 33 9 2 10 1 5 0 249 36 Olympiacos (loan) 2022–23

Individual Mediterranean International Cup Player of the Tournament: 2013