spanish association football player

González and the second or maternal family name is López. In this spanish name, the first or parental surname isand the moment or maternal family diagnose is Pedro González López ( wear 25 November 2002 ), known as Pedri, is a spanish master football player who plays as a cardinal midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is regarded as one of the most promising young footballers in the worldly concern. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

Las Palmas [edit ]

Born in Tegueste, Tenerife, Canary Islands, [ 5 ] Pedri joined Las Palmas ‘s youth setup in 2018 from CF Juventud Laguna. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 15 July 2019, aged only 16, he signed a professional four-year shrink with the club, being promoted to the first base team by director Pepe Mel. [ 8 ] Pedri made his master debut on 18 August 2019, aged entirely 16, by starting in a 0–1 home loss against Huesca in the Segunda División. [ 9 ] He scored his first professional goal on 19 September, with the game ‘s merely goal in a home victory over Sporting Gijón and became the youngest goalscorer in Las Palmas history at 16 years, 9 months and 23 days of long time. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 2 September 2019, Barcelona reached an agreement with Las Palmas for the transfer of Pedri, effective as of the following 1 July 2020. The player agreed to a biennial sign with the Catalan club, who paid €5 million for the deal, which would increase as he fulfilled versatile clauses in his compress. [ 12 ] Assigned to the independent police squad for the 2020–21 season and with the number 16 shirt, [ 13 ] Pedri made his debut on 27 September, replacing Philippe Coutinho in a 4–0 home winnings against Villarreal in La Liga. [ 14 ] He received his inaugural startle on 17 October in a 0–1 away loss against Getafe. [ 15 ] On 20 October, Pedri scored his first goal for the club on his UEFA Champions League introduction, in a 5–1 win over Ferencváros in the group stagecoach, after coming on as a substitute in the 61st moment for Ansu Fati. [ 16 ] On 7 November, in a 5–2 home gain over Real Betis, he scored his first goal in La Liga after an serve from Sergi Roberto. [ 17 ] On 6 January 2021, he scored a steer goal against Athletic Bilbao and assisted Barcelona ‘s second base goal in a 3–2 winnings at San Mamés. [ 18 ] On 17 April, Pedri won the first trophy of his senior career after Barcelona beat athletic 4–0 in the Copa del Rey final. [ 19 ] On 8 May, at 18 years and 164 days, Pedri made his fiftieth appearance for Barcelona in all competitions when he started in the 0–0 draw against Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou, thus becoming the second gear youngest player to reach this milestone after Bojan Krkić, who was 18 years and 3 days when he reached 50 appearances. [ 20 ] In the middle of October 2021 Pedri signed a new contract with Barcelona which contained a phonograph record €1 billion ( $ 1.57 billion ) release article. [ 21 ] On 29 November, Pedri won the 2021 Kopa Trophy, which is awarded by France Football to the best perform player under the long time of 21. [ 22 ]

International career [edit ]

Youth career and early elder career [edit ]

On 21 August 2020, Pedri was called up to the Spain under-21 team ; he late made his debut on 3 September in a 1–0 away win over Macedonia in a modify match for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 23 ] In March 2021, Pedri received his first call up to the Spain elder team from coach Luis Enrique ahead of the group phase of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. [ 24 ] He made his debut on 25 March against Greece. [ 25 ]

euro 2020 [edit ]

On 24 May 2021, Pedri was included in Enrique ‘s 24-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 26 ] On 14 June, he became the youngest player ever to represent Spain at the European Championships, when he started in the 0–0 draw against Sweden aged 18 years, 6 months and 18 days, breaking the former record set by Miguel Tendillo in Euro 1980. [ 27 ] On 28 June, Pedri became the youngest player to feature in a knock-out game at the European Championships when he started in the last-16 against Croatia, aged 18 years and 215 days ; however, he scored an own goal when goalkeeper Unai Simón failed to control his long backpass. Spain finally won match the 5–3 in extra-time. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] He played all but one hour of Spain ‘s six matches, and had an important shock on Spain ‘s political campaign to the semifinal, where they were defeated 4–2 on penalties by eventual winners Italy following a 1–1 draw after extra-time ; during the latter catch, he completed 65 of the sixty-six passes he attempted. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] For his performances, he was voted the Young Player of the Tournament, [ 31 ] and was the entirely Spanish player in the tournament to be named in the team of the Tournament. [ 32 ]

2020 Summer Olympics [edit ]

On 29 June 2021, Pedri was called up to the Spain squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 33 ] The travel to include Pedri in Spain ‘s Olympic team attracted criticism from Barcelona, with coach Ronald Koeman branding the decision to call up Pedri for two international tournaments in the like summer as “ excessively much ”. [ 34 ] On 22 July, Pedri played the full moon 90 minutes in Spain ‘s 0–0 opener against Egypt. The game was Pedri ‘s 66th of the season. [ 35 ] In the final, Spain suffered a 2–1 passing to Brazil in extra-time ; Pedri ‘s 73rd game of the season. [ 36 ]

style of play [edit ]

Pedri is regarded as one of the most bright young footballers in the world in the football media. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although he is much described as a winger by pundits, Pedri normally plays in a loose character, which allows him to roam the pitch ; he likes to occupy central areas and operate on between the lines, although he is besides capable of moving out broad and run towards the touchline to create chances for teammates. He even drops cryptic to the defense to pick up the ball. He normally situates himself on either the leave or right flank, or even as a total 8. [ 3 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] indeed, although he initially played as a winger, he was by and by moved to a cardinal midfield function, although he is besides capable of playing as an attacking midfielder, american samoa well as in several other offense and midfield roles. He has besides occasionally been used as a defensive midfielder and even as a centre-forward. Pedri is a quick, intelligent, creative, and hard-working actor, who is known for his excellent technical skills, ball control, pass, awareness, and sight, ampere well as his ability to manage himself in tight spaces, feat gaps, and play the final testis or click passes, which makes him an effective playmaker. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] furthermore, he is besides highly regarded for his drivel skills, his stamen, his calm air composure under press, and his ability to play with either foot. [ 3 ] His function has been likened to that of a mezzala in the italian sports media. [ 48 ] His slight frame, qualities, position, and playing style have led him to be compared to early Barcelona players such as Xavi, [ 40 ] [ 49 ] Andrés Iniesta, [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Michael Laudrup, [ 52 ] and Lionel Messi. [ 47 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ]

career statistics [edit ]

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As of match played 29 September 2021[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Las Palmas 2019–20 Segunda División 36 4 1 0 — — 37 4
Barcelona 2020–21 La Liga 37 3 6 0 7[a] 1 2[b] 0 52 4
2021–22 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 0 0 4 0
Total 39 3 6 0 9 1 2 0 56 4
Career total 75 7 7 0 9 1 2 0 93 8

International [edit ]

As of match played 6 July 2021[56]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2021 10 0
Total 10 0

Honours [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

Barcelona

International [edit ]

Spain U23

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]

  • Pedri at BDFutbol