{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 2002)}} {{family name hatnote|Yepes|Laut|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Gerard Yepes | image = | full_name = Gerard Yepes Laut | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Spain | height = 1.70 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sampdoria.it/player/202324-gerard-yepes/ |title=Gerard Yepes |publisher=UC Sampdoria |accessdate=5 October 2023}}</ref> | position = Central midfielder | currentclub = Empoli | clubnumber = 14 | youthyears1 = 2008–2015 | youthclubs1 = Espanyol | youthyears2 = 2015–2018 | youthclubs2 = Sant Andreu | youthyears3 = 2018–2022 | youthclubs3 = Sampdoria | years1 = 2022–2025 | clubs1 = Sampdoria | caps1 = 68 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = Empoli | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 1 | club-update = 13 May 2026 }} '''Gerard Yepes Laut''' (born 25 August 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for {{Italian football updater|Empoli}} club Empoli.
==Career== A youth product of Espanyol and Sant Andreu, Yepes signed with the youth academy of Sampdoria in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seriebnews.com/2021/11/25/chi-e-gerard-yepes-sampdoria/|title=Gerard Yepes, lo spagnolo della Sampdoria che si ispira a Torreira|first=Paolo|last=Siotto|date=25 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Invernizzi orgoglioso del trio Giordano, Yepes e Trimboli.|url= https://www.clubdoria46.it/2021/11/27/sampdoria-lorgoglio-di-invernizzi-e-del-suo-settore-giovanile// |access-date=|website=|date=27 November 2021|language=it-it}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Sampdoria in a 1–1 Serie A tie with Roma on 22 December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/12/22/italy/serie-a/as-roma/uc-sampdoria/3558424/|title=Roma vs. Sampdoria - 22 December 2021 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>
On 8 August 2025, Yepes signed with Serie B club Empoli.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Empoli FC|url=https://www.empolifc.it/gerard-yepes-e-un-nuovo-calciatore-azzurro|title=Gerard Yepes è un nuovo calciatore azzurro|trans-title=Gerard Yepes is a new Empoli footballer|date=8 August 2025|access-date=8 August 2025|language=it}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 6 April 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|gerard-yepes-laut/765236}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Sampdoria |2021–22 |Serie A |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- |2022–23 |Serie A |5||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |2023–24 |Serie B |34||0||1||0||1{{efn|Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs}}||0||36||0 |- |2024–25 |Serie B |21||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||23||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !64!!0!!6!!1!!1!!0!!71!!1 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFutbol|41125}} * [https://www.sampdoria.it/player/202122-gerard-yepes-laut/ Sampdoria Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118035850/https://www.sampdoria.it/player/202122-gerard-yepes-laut/ |date=18 January 2022 }} * [http://futbolbasecatala.cat/es/plantilla-espanyol/gerard-yepes-laut:28-109 Futbol Base Catala profile]
{{Empoli FC squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yepes, Gerard}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Barcelona Category:Spanish men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:UC Sampdoria players Category:Empoli FC players Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen