Clàudia Pina

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Clàudia Pina Medina (born 12 August 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain national team. She is regarded as one of the best strikers in the world.[citation needed]

Full name Clàudia Pina Medina
Date of birth (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Montcada i Reixac, Spain
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
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Clàudia Pina
Pina in 2023
Personal information
Full name Clàudia Pina Medina
Date of birth (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Montcada i Reixac, Spain
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2013 Espanyol
2013–2014 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Barcelona B 16+ (15+)
2018– Barcelona 117 (50)
2020–2021 → Sevilla (loan) 34 (9)
International career‡
2016–2019 Spain U17 29 (35)
2018–2022 Spain U20 5 (1)
2019 Spain U19 8 (7)
2021 Spain U23 1 (0)
2021– Spain 25 (13)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Championship
Runner-up2025 Switzerland
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Runner-up2018 France
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Winner2018 Uruguay
Third place2016 Jordan
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2017 Czech Republic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 04:30, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
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Club career

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] That record has been beaten by Vicky López, being 16 years, one month and 19 days old, on 17 September 2022.[11]

In the summer of 2020, Pina was sent on loan to Sevilla for one season, alongside Barcelona teammate Carla Armengol.[12]

In February 2023, Pina extended her contract with the club until June 2026.[13] She played among the most minutes in the league for Barcelona in the 2023–24 season. She showed strong link-up play with Alexia Putellas, and Sport reported that, however she played, "things always happen when she has the ball".[14]

On 15 December 2025, Pina signed a contract extension until 2029.[15]

International career

Pina was first called up to play for the national U-16 team at the age of 14 by Toña Is.[1][16] 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.[17][18] She later played her first official game for the Spanish U-17 national team in 2016 World Cup against Jordan,[19] scoring a goal in her first appearance.[20]

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.[21]

In 2021, she made her debut with the senior team in a friendly against Denmark.[22]

She was one of Las 15, a group of players who made themselves unavailable for international selection in September 2022 due to their dissatisfaction with head coach Jorge Vilda, and among the dozen who were not involved 11 months later as Spain won the World Cup.[23][24]

On 10 June 2025, Pina was called up to the Spain squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[25]

Career statistics

Pina with Barcelona in March 2024

Club

As of match played 18 May 2025[26]
More information Club, Season ...
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa de la Reina Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona 2017–18 Primera División 100000–10
2018–19 102101[a]0–122
2019–20 4010100[b]060
2021–22 24154282103719
2022–23 22100073213114
2023–24 29134291204416
2024–25 271042910534226
Total 1175014635169417377
Sevilla (loan) 2019–20 Primera División 0010––10
2020–21 34911––3510
Total 34921––3510
Career total 1515916735169420987
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  1. [a]
    Appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
  2. [b]
    Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

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Goals in senior team
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 November 2024Estadio Cartagonova, Cartagena, Spain South Korea1–05–0Friendly
2.3 December 2024Stade de Nice, Nice, France France2–04–2
3.21 February 2025Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, Spain Belgium1–23–22025 UEFA Women's Nations League
4.4 April 2025Estádio Capital do Móvel, Paços de Ferreira, Portugal Portugal3–14–2
5.3 June 2025RCDE Stadium, Cornellà de Llobregat, Spain England1–12–1
6.2–1
7.27 June 2025Butarque, Leganés, Spain Japan1–13–1Friendly
8.7 July 2025Arena Thun, Thun, Switzerland Belgium5–26–2UEFA Women's Euro 2025
9.18 July 2025Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland Switzerland2–02–0
10.24 October 2025La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain Sweden2–04–02025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals
11.4–0
12.2 December 2025Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid, Spain Germany1–03–0
13.3–0
14.3 March 2026Estadio Municipal de Castalia, Castellón de la Plana, Spain Iceland1–02027 FIFA World Cup qualification
15.2–0
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Honours

Barcelona B

FC Barcelona

Spain

Spain U20

Spain U17

Individual

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