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, Basque Country, Spain[2]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 14
Youth career
2005–2006 Ilintxa
2006–2007 Urola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 CD Zarautz
2008–2011 Real Sociedad
2011–2016 Athletic Bilbao 128 (19)
2016– Paris Saint-Germain 18 (2)
National team
2011– Spain 55 (8)
2012– Basque Country 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 July 2017

Irene Paredes Hernández (born 4 July 1991) is a Spanish[3] footballer who plays as a defender for Paris Saint-Germain and the Spain women's national football team.[4] She previously played for Primera División club Athletic Bilbao.[5]

International career

She played her first minutes for the Spanish national team in November 2011 against Romania.[6] 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.[7] At the tournament, she scored an unfortunate own goal in Spain's 3–1 quarter-final defeat to Norway.[8] 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
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 October 2013Ciudad Deportiva Collado Villalba, Spain Estonia6–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.20 September 2016Butarque, Leganés Finland2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
3.3–0
4.23 October 2017Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Israel0–10–62019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.0–3
6.28 November 2017Estadi de Son Moix, Palma Austria3–04–0
7.5 March 2018AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Czech Republic1–02–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup
8.6 April 2018Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki Finland0–10–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Athletic Club
Paris Saint-Germain

International

Spain

Individual

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. ↑ "Irene Paredes signs one-year contract". Paris Saint-Germain. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Lineups of the match UEFA
  7. ↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "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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