Irene Paredes

Irene Paredes
Personal information
Full name Irene Paredes Hernández[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991[1]
Place of birth Legazpi, Spain[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 4
Youth career
2005–2006 Ilintxa
2006–2007 Urola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2008 CD Zarautz
2008–2011 Real Sociedad
2011– Athletic Bilbao 118 (17)
National team
2011– Spain 31 (1)
2012– Basque Country 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

Irene Paredes Hernández (born 4 July 1991 in Legazpi) is a Spanish[3] footballer who plays as a defender for Primera División club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain women's national football team.[4]

International career

She played her first minutes for the Spanish national team in November 2011 against Romania.[5] In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda confirmed Paredes as a member of his 23-player squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[6] At the tournament, she scored an unfortunate own goal in Spain's 3–1 quarter-final defeat to Norway.[7] On 27 October 2013, she scored her first goal for Spain, in a 6–0 home win against Estonia at a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match. She was also called up to be part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first:

Irene Paredes – goals for Spain
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 October 2013 Ciudad Deportiva Collado Villalba, Spain  Estonia 6–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Irene profile". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ↑ El Diario Vasco
  4. ↑ Athletic Bilbao
  5. ↑ Lineups of the match UEFA
  6. ↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Women's Euros 2013: Spain score embarrassing own goal". BBC.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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