Sonia Bermúdez

Sonia Bermúdez Tribano
Personal information
Full name Sonia Bermúdez Tribano[1]
Date of birth (1984-11-15) 15 November 1984[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain[2]
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 8
Youth career
Butarque
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Pozuelo
2002–2003 Estudiantes Huelva
2003–2004 CE Sabadell
2004–2011 Rayo Vallecano
2011–2014 FC Barcelona
2014 Western New York Flash 21 (4)
2014–2015 FC Barcelona 26 (20)
2015– Atlético Madrid (20)
National team
2001–2003 Spain U19
2008– Spain 61 (34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sonia Bermúdez Tribano (born 18 November 1984 in Vallecas, Madrid), commonly known as Sonia[3] or Soni,[4] is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Spain women's national football team. With previous passages for Rayo Vallecano, FC Barcelona and NWSL club Western New York Flash, she won the women's Primera División seven consecutive times (three with Rayo Vallecano and four with Barcelona) from 2008–09 until 2014–15.

Club career

Earlier years

She played for Estudiantes Huelva before joining CE Sabadell in 2003.[5]

Rayo Vallecano

In seven years with Rayo Vallecano, she had contributed to the club's first Spanish league trophy—scoring 22 goals throughout the 2008–09 season, ranking third at the top scorers table.[6]

FC Barcelona

She won the 2011–12 Primera División top scorer award with 38 goals for champions Barcelona.[7] In 2012–13 Barcelona retained their title and Sonia scored 21 times to finish joint-top scorer with Rayo's Natalia Pablos.[8] In 2014, she had a quick break at her Barcelona career when she joined the Western New York Flash from NWSL, returning to Barcelona for the 2014–15 season.

Atlético Madrid

In 2015, after four seasons at Barcelona, which includes a passage in 2014 with the Western New York Flash from NWSL she opted to join Atlético Madrid ahead of the 2015–16 season.[9]

International career

In October 2002, Sonia was named in the Spanish squad for the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[10]

A member of the senior Spanish national team,[11] she scored against England and Northern Ireland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. In Spain's first game of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying campaign, Sonia was named to the squad and listed as an FC Barcelona player.[11] She scored the fourth goal in Spain's 10–1 win in Turkey.[12]

In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda named Sonia in his squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[13]

She was part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

International goals

Honours

Club

Rayo Vallecano
FC Barcelona
Atlético Madrid

International

Spain

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. ↑ "Sonia profile". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sonia". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Roldán, Isabel (28 May 2013). "Soni: "Nuestro estilo es parecido al de la Selección, fútbol bonito"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Keke se queda en Huelva" (in Spanish). Recre.org. 9 August 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Futfem.com Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Goal scorer list". futbolme.com. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Martín, Dúnia (9 May 2013). "Barcelona's Sonia spurred by continued success". Uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Barca's top scorer Sonia Bermudez moves to Atletico" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "SELECCIÓN NACIONAL" (in Spanish). Futbol Feminino. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  11. 1 2 Royal Spanish Football Federation
  12. ↑ "Turkey 1–10 Spain". UEFA.com. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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