Barcelona Born in
Sallent,
Barcelona,
Catalonia, Gabri started his professional career at
FC Barcelona's
reserves, where he made his first appearances in the
1997–98 season whilst they competed in the
Segunda División B. He scored four goals in 28 games
en route to promotion, including once in a 5–0 home win against
Real Madrid Castilla in
the playoffs. Gabri was promoted to the main squad for the
1999–2000 campaign, making his debut on 8 August in the
first leg of the
Supercopa de España as a 77th-minute
substitute for
Phillip Cocu in the 1–0 loss at
Valencia CF (4–3 aggregate defeat). Two weeks later, on his
La Liga bow, he came off the bench in a 2–0 victory over
Real Zaragoza at the
Camp Nou in the season opener. On 27 October, he played a full match for the first time and scored his first goal in a 5–0 home defeat of
AIK Fotboll in the
first group stage of the
UEFA Champions League; he totalled a career-best six goals in this first season, including three more against
Hertha BSC and
AC Sparta Prague in the next part of the competition. Over the next three years, Gabri was a regular. He featured less in the
2004–05 and
2005–06 seasons in which he won his only Barcelona honours under
Frank Rijkaard (two leagues, one Supercup and the
2005–06 UEFA Champions League). On 23 September 2004 he suffered a severe
anterior cruciate ligament injury with a prognosis of six months in a 4–1 home win over Zaragoza. While he did not even make the bench for the
2006 Champions League final which his team won against
Arsenal, he scored to open a 3–1 home victory against
SV Werder Bremen in the
group phase on 22 November. In his final appearance for the club on 13 May 2006, he was
sent off in added time for arguing with the
assistant referee.
Ajax Gabri's contract at Barcelona was not renewed, and he joined
AFC Ajax on a
free transfer on 6 June 2006, alongside former teammate
Roger García. There, he immediately
won the
Johan Cruyff Shield in a 3–1 defeat of
PSV Eindhoven in August, and was also a key element in a side that
lost the
Eredivisie on the last matchday, to the same opposition. In May 2007, Gabri won the
KNVB Cup on
penalties against
AZ Alkmaar, in a match where he received a red card in the 79th minute. In August, Ajax successfully
defended their Supercup title by beating PSV again, with him as the only goalscorer in the match.
Later career On 27 May 2010, after a last poor individual
season with Ajax – only 13 matches, even though the
Amsterdam side finished in second place – the 31-year-old Gabri signed for
Qatar Stars League club
Umm Salal SC. On 4 July of the following year he moved countries again, joining
FC Sion in Switzerland. On 25 July 2012, having taken almost no part in the
Super League campaign, Gabri changed teams but stayed in the country, agreeing to a contract at
FC Lausanne-Sport. ==International career==