Dro Fernández
Spanish Filipino footballer (born 2008)
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Pedro Fernández Sarmiento (born 12 January 2008), known as Dro Fernández or simply Dro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as attacking midfielder or left winger for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Fernández Sarmiento | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigrán, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ED Val Miñor Nigrán | |||
| 2022–2025 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025–2026 | Barcelona B | 3 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Barcelona | 4 | (0) |
| 2026– | Paris Saint-Germain | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Spain U15 | 8 | (2) |
| 2023 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | Spain U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2025– | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:10, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
Club career
Youth career
Dro joined Val Minor at the age of 4. Here he was coached by former Barcelona player and scout Jose Antonio Covelo.[2]
Dro joined Barcelona's academy in 2022 rejecting offers from Real Madrid and Real Betis.[2] In the 2024–25 season, he played for the Juvenil B and Juvenil A teams, as well as in the UEFA Youth League. He made a total of 38 appearances: 19 in Juvenil B (7 goals), 12 in Juvenil A (3 goals), and 7 in the UEFA Youth League (2 goals).
Barcelona
Dro is a graduate of the Barcelona football academy, known as La Masia.[3] In July 2025, Dro was included in the Barcelona first team for the pre-season tour to Japan and South Korea under coach Hansi Flick.[4] During the pre-season, he was subbed on for his debut and scored in the 87th minute to seal a 3–1 victory over Vissel Kobe.[5][6] Later that year, on 28 September, he made his senior debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Real Sociedad.[7] A month later, on 21 October, he made his UEFA Champions League debut and provided an assist in a 6–1 win over Olympiacos.[8]
Paris Saint-Germain
On 26 January 2026, Dro signed for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a contract until 2030.[9] A transfer fee of €8.2 million was quoted in the media.[10] On 8 February, he made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 5–0 win over Marseille.[11] On 25 February, he played in his first Champions League match for the club as a substitute in a 2–2 draw against Monaco in the knockout phase play-offs, contributing to a 5–4 aggregate victory.[12] On 21 March, Dro scored his first PSG goal in a 4–0 win over Nice, becoming the club's youngest goalscorer not from the PSG youth academy.[13]
On 30 May 2026, he became the youngest player to win the UEFA Champions League.
International career
Dro is a youth international for Galicia and Spain, having been called up to the Spain U17s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches in March 2025.[14] In January 2026, the Philippine Football Federation publicly invited Dro to play for the Philippines.[15]
Personal life
Dro was born in Galicia, Spain to a Spanish father and a Filipino mother.[16] His family was previously affected by events on 31 January 1992, when his grandfather, David Fernández, was among four people killed during a criminal attack at the family home. Dro's father, Pedro Fernández, survived the incident and later raised Dro in Galicia.[17]
Career statistics
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2025–26 | Segunda Federación | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Barcelona | 2025–26 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
- Appearance in UEFA Champions League