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Clàudia Pina

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]

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 29 (16)
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, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Club career

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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] She later helped Barcelona achieve a clean sweep of titles in the 2025–26 season, and during the celebrations at Camp Nou, photographs showed Pina celebrating with her partner on the pitch.[16]

International career

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Pina was first called up to play for the national U-16 team at the age of 14 by Toña Is.[1][17] 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.[18][19] She later played her first official game for the Spanish U-17 national team in 2016 World Cup against Jordan,[20] scoring a goal in her first appearance.[21]

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.[22]

In 2021, she made her debut with the senior team in a friendly against Denmark.[23]

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.[24][25]

On 10 June 2025, Pina was called up to the Spain squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.[26]

Career statistics

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Pina with Barcelona in March 2024

Club

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As of match played 18 May 2025[27]
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
  1. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
  2. ↑ 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
16.5 June 2026Estadi Mallorca Son Moix, Palma de Mallorca, Spain England4–04–02027 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Barcelona B

FC Barcelona

Spain

Spain U20

Spain U17

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Claudia Pina, the Cristiano Ronaldo of Spain's under-17s". AS. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "RCD ESPANYOL FEMENÍ". Espanyol Base Femeni Wordpress. 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Report FC Barcelona 2013_14 English". Issuu. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Women's Infantil-Alevín - 2014/ 2015". FC Barcelona Official. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "BARÇA WOMEN INFANTIN-ALEVÍN WIN THE LEAGUE TITLE". Grup14. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "FC Barcelona – Femenino B - 2017/2018". FC Barcelona Official. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "FC Barcelona Femenino Juvenil-Cadete - 2015 / 2016". FC Barcelona Official. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Don't know who Barcelona's 15-year-old Claudia Pina is?". Mirror. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Amazing gol by Claudia Pina against Espanyol". Youtube. 8 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Precocity record for Claudia Pina". FC Barcelona Official. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Football – Vicky Lopez explose un record de précocité au FC Barcelone !". Women Sports (in French). 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Claudia Pina, cedida al Sevilla". fcbarcelona.es. FC Barcelona. 18 July 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Pina renueva hasta 2026". F.C. Barcelona (in Spanish). 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Tikas, Maria (30 May 2024). "El 1x1 de una temporada perfecta". Diario Sport (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Claudia Pina extends with Barça until 2029". www.fcbarcelona.com. 25 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  16. ↑ Porras, Darío (28 May 2026). "Clàudia Pina funde a los culés: beso que enamora, con su pareja, en un día lleno de emociones". elnacional.cat (in Spanish).
  17. ↑ "Spain U16 will be in the UEFA Development Tournament". Mucha Calidad. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "España arranca con victoria (4-0) ante Escocia el torneo de la República Checa". Sefutbol Official. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "España vence a Italia y consigue la victoria en el Torneo Amistoso UEFA (4-0)". Sefutbol Official. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Better late than never for Pina and Hernandez". FIFA Official. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  21. ↑ "Five-goal Navarro humbles hosts". FIFA Official. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  22. ↑ "Guess who was the top UEFA competition scorer of 2017?". UEFA Official. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  23. ↑ "Claudia Pina, Rosa Márquez y Anna Torrodà cumplen su sueño de debutar con España". Sefutbol Official. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  24. ↑ Jorge Vilda Recalls Players Who Resigned Back Into His Spanish World Cup Squad Archived 21 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Asif Burhan, Forbes, June 12, 2023
  25. ↑ Spain v Sweden: Las 15+3, An International Team In Chaos And Lonely Jorge Vilda Archived 21 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Simon Lillicrap, The Sportsman, 14 August 2023
  26. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Montse Tomé announces her squad for the European Championships in Switzerland". RFEF. 10 June 2025. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  27. ↑ Clàudia Pina at Soccerway
  28. ↑ "10th Liga F title for Barça Women". FC Barcelona. 11 May 2025. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  29. ↑ Marsden, Sam (22 April 2026). "Barcelona win 7th straight Liga F title to further quadruple quest". espn.com. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  30. ↑ "Barça 2-0 Atlético Madrid: Pina wins the crown for the queens of the cup". FC Barcelona. 7 June 2025. Archived from the original on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  31. ↑ Marsden, Sam (17 May 2026). "Barcelona win Copa de la Reina, stay on track for quadruple". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  32. ↑ "Sixth Super Cup for FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona Femení. 24 January 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  33. ↑ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  34. ↑ "Barcelona retains Women's Champions League title, completing historic quadruple". CNN. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  35. ↑ Rajan, Adwaidh (23 May 2026). "Barcelona 4–0 Lyonnes". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  36. ↑ "England 1-1 Spain". uefa.com. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  37. ↑ "England and Spain stars dominate The Best Women's 11". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  38. ↑ "Women's Champions League top scorer: Clàudia Pina finishes out in front". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  39. ↑ "2024/25 Women's Champions League Team of the Season". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  40. ↑ "Claudia Pina, Mejor jugadora del mes de mayo" [Claudia Pina, Best Player of the Month for May] (in Spanish). La Liga F. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  41. ↑ "Claudia Pina, la ganadora del Player of the month de noviembre" [Clàudia Pina, winner of the Best Player of the Month of November] (in Spanish). La Liga F. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  42. ↑ "Pedri i Clàudia Pina, guanyadors del Premi Barça Jugadors 2025" [Pedri and Clàudia Pina, winners of the 2025 Barça Players Award]. FC Barcelona. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  43. ↑ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2025". IFFHS. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  44. ↑ "IFFHS WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE MONTH APRIL 2025". IFFHS. 1 May 2025. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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