Clàudia Pina Medina (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈklawðja ˈpina]; born 12 August 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.
![]() Pina with Barcelona in the 2019 Champions League final | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Clàudia Pina Medina | ||
Date of birth | (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Montcada i Reixac, Spain | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2013 | Espanyol | ||
2013–2014 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Barcelona B | 16+ | (15+) |
2017– | Barcelona | 39 | (17) |
2020–2021 | → Sevilla (loan) | 34 | (9) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Spain U-17 | 29 | (35) |
2019–2020 | Spain U-19 | 5 | (7) |
2018– | Spain U-20 | 5 | (1) |
2021– | Spain | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 31 July 2022 (UTC) |
Pina was formerly a futsal player in Montcada before being discovered by Espanyol's scouts in 2011 and subsequently joining their youth team.[1][2] She moved to Barcelona's infantil-alevín team from Espanyol in 2013,[1][3] and in her second season, she helped the team to win the youth league championship by scoring 100 goals in her 20 appearances.[4][5] After proving herself as a technically gifted player and a natural goalscorer she quickly progressed through the different ranks of the youth team.[6][7] One particular goal she scored after dribbling through four players in the derby against Espanyol in January 2017 trended across the internet.[8][9]
Pina made her first official appearance for the senior team in January 2018. Thus, being only 16 years and 5 months old at the time, she set the record as the youngest player to have ever played for a senior Barça team in an official match.[10]
In the summer of 2020, Pina was sent on loan to Sevilla for one season alongside Barcelona teammate Carla Armengol[11] but returned to the Catalan team the following year.
Pina was first called up to play for the national U-16 team at the age of 14 by Toña Is.[1][12] In September 2016 she was invited for the first time to play for Spanish U-17 national team in a UEFA tournament in Příbram, where she scored 5 goals including a hat-trick in her debut match.[13][14] She later played her first official game for the Spanish U-17 national team in 2016 World Cup against Jordan,[15] scoring a goal in her first appearance.[16]
At the end of 2017 her name was announced as the top UEFA national-team goal scoring player among both female and male players, scoring 16 goals during the year.[17]
On 2021 she made her debut with the senior team in a friendly against Denmark.[18]
Club | Season | League | Copa de la Reina | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Barcelona | 2017–18 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 12 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 19 | ||
Total | 39 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 21 | ||
Sevilla (loan) | 2019–20 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 10 | ||||
Total | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 10 | ||||
Career total | 73 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 31 |
FC Barcelona Femení – current squad | |
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup awards | |
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Golden Ball | |
Golden Shoe |
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Golden Glove |
Spain squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | ||
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