spanish association football musician

González and the second or maternal family name is López. In this spanish name, the first or paternal surname isand the moment or enate kin appoint is Pedro González López ( born 25 November 2002 ), known as Pedri, is a spanish professional football player who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is regarded as one of the most promise young footballers in the world. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

Las Palmas [edit ]

Born in Tegueste, Tenerife, Canary Islands, [ 5 ] Pedri joined Las Palmas ‘s youth frame-up in 2018 from CF Juventud Laguna. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On 15 July 2019, aged merely 16, he signed a professional four-year contract with the clubhouse, being promoted to the first team by director Pepe Mel. [ 8 ] Pedri made his professional debut on 18 August 2019, aged only 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 entirely 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 age. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 2 September 2019, Barcelona reached an agreement with Las Palmas for the transportation of Pedri, effective as of the following 1 July 2020. The actor agreed to a biennial condense with the Catalan club, who paid €5 million for the share, which would increase as he fulfilled assorted clauses in his contract. [ 12 ] Assigned to the main team for the 2020–21 season and with the number 16 shirt, [ 13 ] Pedri made his introduction on 27 September, replacing Philippe Coutinho in a 4–0 home gain against Villarreal in La Liga. [ 14 ] He received his first start on 17 October in a 0–1 away personnel casualty against Getafe. [ 15 ] On 20 October, Pedri scored his first goal for the baseball club on his UEFA Champions League introduction, in a 5–1 succeed over Ferencváros in the group stage, after coming on as a substitute in the 61st hour for Ansu Fati. [ 16 ] On 7 November, in a 5–2 home winnings over Real Betis, he scored his first goal in La Liga after an help from Sergi Roberto. [ 17 ] On 6 January 2021, he scored a head goal against Athletic Bilbao and assisted Barcelona ‘s second 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 drawing card against Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou, thus becoming the second 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 record €1 billion ( $ 1.57 billion ) turn article. [ 21 ] On 29 November, Pedri won the 2021 Kopa Trophy, which is awarded by France Football to the best perform actor under the age of 21. [ 22 ]

International career [edit ]

Youth career and early on senior career [edit ]

On 21 August 2020, Pedri was called up to the Spain under-21 squad ; he late made his debut on 3 September in a 1–0 away win over Macedonia in a passing meet for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 23 ] In March 2021, Pedri received his first call up to the Spain senior team from coach Luis Enrique ahead of the group degree 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 team for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 26 ] On 14 June, he became the youngest actor 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 previous 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 minute of Spain ‘s six matches, and had an crucial impingement on Spain ‘s run 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 match, 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 only 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 police squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 33 ] The go to include Pedri in Spain ‘s Olympic squad attracted criticism from Barcelona, with director Ronald Koeman branding the decision to call up Pedri for two international tournaments in the lapp summer as “ besides much ”. [ 34 ] On 22 July, Pedri played the full 90 minutes in Spain ‘s 0–0 undoer against Egypt. The game was Pedri ‘s 66th of the season. [ 35 ] In the final, Spain suffered a 2–1 personnel casualty 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 promise young footballers in the worldly concern in the football media. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Although he is frequently described as a winger by pundits, Pedri normally plays in a absolve function, which allows him to roam the deliver ; he likes to occupy cardinal areas and operate between the lines, although he is besides capable of moving out wide and run towards the touchline to create chances for teammates. He even drops deep to the defense to pick up the ball. He normally situates himself on either the leave or correctly flank, or even as a phone number 8. [ 3 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] indeed, although he initially played as a winger, he was later moved to a cardinal midfield function, although he is besides capable of playing as an attacking midfielder, a well as in several other unsavory and midfield roles. He has besides occasionally been used as a defensive midfielder and flush as a centre-forward. Pedri is a quick, intelligent, creative, and hard-working actor, who is known for his excellent technical skills, ball control, extremely, awareness, and vision, equally well as his ability to manage himself in close spaces, exploit gaps, and play the final ball or penetrate passes, which makes him an effective playmaker. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] furthermore, he is besides highly regarded for his dribble skills, his stamen, his calm composure under press, and his ability to play with either foot. [ 3 ] His character has been likened to that of a mezzala in the italian sports media. [ 48 ] His slight frame, qualities, position, and playing stylus have led him to be compared to former 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 ]

club [edit ]

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 ]

club [edit ]

Barcelona

International [edit ]

Spain U23

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]

  • Pedri at BDFutbol