Iñaki Peña

Ignacio "Iñaki" Peña Sotorres (born 2 March 1999), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Barcelona B.[2]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Sotorres.
Iñaki Peña
Peña with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Peña Sotorres
Date of birth (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999
Place of birth Alicante, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona B
Number 25
Youth career
2004–2009 Alicante
2009–2012 Villarreal
2012–2018 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Barcelona B 38 (0)
2018– Barcelona 0 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Spain U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U17 17 (0)
2017 Spain U18 2 (0)
2017 Spain U19 6 (0)
2019– Spain U21 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:28, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2019

Club career

Peña signed with Spanish team Alicante CF at the age of 5. He was signed by Barcelona in 2012 and joined the club's youth setup La Masia. He was in the team that won the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League[3] and was promoted to the reserves for the 2018–19 season. On 30 October 2018, Peña was called up to the senior team for the first leg of Barça's round of 32 tie with Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey as a backup keeper.[4][5] He was called up in the UEFA Champions League against PSV Eindhoven and once again for the first leg of Barça's Round of 16 encounter against Olympique Lyonnais, and in the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid to accommodate for the injury of backup keeper Jasper Cillessen.[6][7][8] He was also called up for La Liga games during Dutch goalkeeper Cillessen's injury and once again towards the end of the season during German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen's injury.[9][10]

Peña was once again called upon at the start of the 2019–20 season during the injury of Brazilian goalkeeper Neto.[11]

International career

Peña has represented Spain at four different youth levels, earning a combined total of 28 caps. He was a runner up in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, being the starter keeper throughout the tournament for Spain.

Honours

Club

Barcelona

International

Spain U17

References
  1. Iñaki Peña of Barcelona B. Mundo Deportivo
  2. https://everythingbarca.com/2019/02/11/pena-barcelona-successor-ter-stegen/
  3. Chelsea 0-3 Barcelona UEFA Youth League final: report; Diario AS. 5 April 2019
  4. Squad announced for Copa first leg at Cultural Leonesa;FCBarcelona.com. 30 October 2019.
  5. Lenglet earns Barça narrow win over Cultural Leonesa; beIN Sports. 31 October 2019
  6. Rakitic and Coutinho included in Barcelona squad to face PSV along with five youngsters; Marca. 26 November 2018.
  7. The squad for Lyon; FCBarcelona.com
  8. This is Iñaki Peña, substitute for Ter Stegen in El Clásico; 6 February 2019. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish)
  9. The squad for Eibar; FCBarcelona.com. 18 May 2019
  10. Iñaki Peña, the heir to Ter Stegen; Marca, 2 June 2019.
  11. Iñaki Peña gains prominence after Neto's injury; 8 August 2019. Mundo Deportivo. (in Spanish)
  12. https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/match/2024259--chelsea-vs-barcelona/lineups/
  13. http://www.samfordcrimson.com/20190507-arsenal-flop-denis-suarez-gets-commemorative-barcelona-la-liga-title-shirt-despite-playing-just-two-games-all-season/
  14. "España pierde la final ante Portugal en la tanda de penaltis (1–1 /5-4)" [Spain lose final against Portugal on penalty shootout (1–1 /5-4)] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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