From La Masia to the world: Gavi is celebrating

Pablo Páez Gaviria, better known like Gavi, fulfils today 19 years. The talentoso midfield player culé is celebrating his third birthday like player of the first team of the FC Barcelona. Although it has not had the best beginning of season, since it could not participate in turns it North American with the Barça been due to a shoot of gastroenteritis that affected to the team when arriving to United States, and also has had some physical problems in the back. Now, with the aim to recover the stray time, has decided to make physical works in the Barcelona Sportive City, although the team is of permission until the Sunday, this with the aim to arrive in the best possible form to the Trophy Joan Gamper and to the debut suspender belt against the Getafe.

The palatine arrived to the City Condal in 2015, when it was fichado from the inferior categories of the Betis. In the basic football of the Catalan cast was until 2019, when it began his fast promotion by the inferior divisions of the club. After giving the jump to the Cadet To in 2019, happened to the Juvenile To a year afterwards, and finally arrived to the first team in 2021. Since, it has contested 96 parties, annotating 5 goals and giving 13 assistances. Aunado To this, has won a league and a Supercopa of Spain in the season 2022/2023.

Gavi, the debutante younger in the history of the Spanish selection

To his recently fulfilled 19 years, already can say that it has confronted 21 meetings with the Spanish selection, debuting to the 17 years and turning into the youngest player of the history of Spain in dressing the T-shirt of the 'The Red' to absolute level. His transitar in the combined national began in the party against Italy in the semifinals of the Nations League in 2021, where played 83 minutes in the victory by 2-1 of the square of Luis Enrique. Later, it participated in the Glass of the World of Qatar 2022, contest in which it annotated a goal, and in the Nations League of 2023, where Spain topped champion.

Gavi, still is the valid Golden Boy

Regarding personal recognitions, this young talent has obtained two distinctions like the best young player of the world: the Trophy Kopa 2022, turning into the second Spanish in winning it after Pedri, the one who won it the previous year. Besides, also it topped like the monarch of the Trophy Golden Boy in this same year. It fits to stand out that in 2023 also it was nominated to the Golden Boy, forming part of the list of the 100 nominated beside Álex Balde.