Natalia Pablos

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pablos and the second or maternal family name is Sanchón.
Natalia Pablos

Natalia with Bristol Academy in 2013
Personal information
Full nameNatalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón
Date of birth15 October 1985
Place of birthMadrid, Spain
Height167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Arsenal
Number17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2000–2013Rayo Vallecano
2013–2014Bristol Academy27(12)
2015–Arsenal0(0)
National team
Spain U-1916(6)
2006–Spain21(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón (born 15 October 1985), known simply as Natalia, is a Spanish football forward who plays for English FA WSL club Arsenal Ladies and the Spain women's national football team. Until 2013 she was the captain of Rayo Vallecano women's team, where she had played since the club's foundation in 2000.[1] With Rayo Natalia won three Leagues and one national Cup. She was the top scorer of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons with 24 and 29 goals respectively. She scored over 300 goals for Rayo in her career, including almost 200 league goals.[2]

She won the 2004 U–19 Euro and was briefly a senior international in a 2007 World Cup qualifier against Finland and then the first two matches of 2009 Euro qualifying.[3] She subsequently renounced for personal reasons.[4]

In 2013 she joined compatriot Laura del Río at Bristol Academy in the English FA WSL.[5] Bristol manager Mark Sampson called Natalia a female version of Swansea City's Spanish striker Michu.[6]

Natalia's goalscoring in England during the first half of the WSL season saw her recalled to the national squad. Coach Ignacio Quereda included her in the 40-player pre-selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013.[7] In October 2014 Birmingham City's Karen Carney was fined, banned for one match and sent on an education course for an incident in July with Pablos.[8][9]

In December 2014 Natalia announced that she had left Bristol Academy to join Arsenal Ladies.[10]

Her name has often been misspelled as Natalia de Pablos.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Diario AS
  2. ↑ Natalia nets 300th goal
  3. ↑ UEFA
  4. ↑ Marca
  5. ↑ "300 goals Natalia join's Vixens". bristolacademywfc.co.uk. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Leighton, Tony (3 March 2013). "WSL: We've signed the female Michu, say Bristol Academy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Roldán, Isabel (5 June 2013). "Natalia: "Ha sido una sorpresa verme en la lista de Quereda"" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/2014/oct/karen-carney-fined-and-suspended
  9. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2842913/Karen-Carney-banned-month-telling-opponent-f-Spain-FA-document-reveals.html
  10. ↑ "Natalia Pablos Sanchon: Arsenal sign Bristol Academy forward". BBC Sport. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Natalia Pablos: "My call up has surprised my teammates as much as me". futfem.com, 11 September 2013

8. La Espartana de Vallecas. Sus 300 goles en FutFem La Espartana de Vallecas

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