Alexia Putellas

Alexia Putellas
Personal information
Full nameAlexia Putellas Segura
Date of birthFebruary 4, 1994
Place of birthMollet del Vallés, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
Barcelona
Number11
Youth career
2001–2005CE Sabadell
2005–2006Barcelona
2006–2010Espanyol
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2011Espanyol24(3)
2011–2012Levante35(15)
2012–Barcelona30(12)
National team‡
2010–Spain23(4)
2014–Catalonia1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 July 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 August 2013
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Putellas and the second or maternal family name is Segura.

Alexia Putellas Segura (born 4 February 1994) is a Spanish footballer, currently playing in Spain's Primera División for FC Barcelona,[2] with which she has played the Champions League[3] and won one championship and one national cup. Her goal in the 2013 cup's final made headlines.[4][5] She previously played for RCD Espanyol and Levante UD.[6]

After taking part in Spain's triumphs in the 2010 and 2011 U-17 European Championships,[7][8] she made her competitive debut for the senior national team in the 2013 European Championship, where she scored the overtime winner in Spain's 3–2 victory over England.[9][note 1] Putellas also played 90 minutes as Spain were eliminated in the quarter-final by Norway.

Putellas had won her first senior international cap in a 2–2 pre-tournament friendly draw with Denmark in Vejle.[10] The following day, national team coach Ignacio Quereda confirmed her as a member of his 23-player squad for the Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Although UEFA credit the goal to Putellas, other sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation attribute it as an own goal by England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley. Putellas failed to connect with Adriana Martín's left wing cross but Bardsley's face diverted the ball into the goal.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Alexia Putellas signs for FC Barcelona. futfem.com, 10/07/12
  3. ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
  4. ↑ Barcelona wins the Cup with an unforgettable gol by Alexia Putellas. El Correo, 16 June 2013
  5. ↑ Alexia: "The best thing about my goal is the repercussion it brings to women's football." Marca, 17 June 2013
  6. ↑ Profile in Levante's website
  7. ↑ Putellas promises more from in-form Spain. UEFA
  8. ↑ Alba Pomares gives the Under-17 to Spain. Marca
  9. ↑ The Euro is on Spain's side. Marca, 12 July 2013. Javier de la Casa.
  10. ↑ Martín González, Cesáreo (29 June 2013). "Dinamarca 2-2 España: grandes sensaciones en la última prueba preparatoria" (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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