:Elene Lete
{{short description|Spanish footballer (born 2002)}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Lete|Para|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Elene Lete
| fullname = Elene Lete Para
| image = FCB v Real Sociedad - DSC 1292 (51262556426) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Lete with Real Sociedad in 2021
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|05|07}}{{Soccerway|id=629949|accessdate=5 October 2021}}
| birth_place = Zumarraga, Spain{{Cite web |title=Elene Lete |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=8721 |access-date=5 October 2021 |publisher=BDFutbol |archive-date=5 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005120403/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=8721 |url-status=live }}
| height = 1.73 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Real Sociedad
| clubnumber = 25
| youthyears1 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs1 = Urola
| years1 = 2017–2018
| clubs1 = Urola
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2018–2021
| clubs2 = Real Sociedad B
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2019–
| clubs3 = Real Sociedad
| caps3 = 50
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = Spain U23
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalteam2 = Spain
| nationalyears2 = 2023–
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fbw|ESP}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA Women's Nations League}}
{{Medal|W|2024 France–Netherlands–Spain|}}
}}
Elene Lete Para (born 7 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga F club Real Sociedad and the Spain national team.
Club career
Lete started playing football in school at the Colegio La Salle Legazpi as a striker. Once she started playing for {{ill|Sociedad Deportiva Urola|es|Sociedad Deportiva Urola|lt=Urola KE}}, her local team in Zumarraga, she discovered her skill at goalkeeping, and began her career there.{{cite web |title=ELENE LETE EL MURO DE LA LIGA |url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/marca-andalucia-int/20221220/281775633218066 |website=Press Reader |language=es |date=22 December 2022 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720050848/https://www.pressreader.com/spain/marca-andalucia-int/20221220/281775633218066 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Elene Lete |url=https://www.txapeldunak.com/cas/futbol_femenino/jugadora.asp?id=16439 |access-date=5 October 2021 |publisher=Txapeldunak |language=es |archive-date=5 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005120411/https://www.txapeldunak.com/cas/futbol_femenino/jugadora.asp?id=16439 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Elene Lete Para - Portera Real Sociedad SAD - Futboleras |url=https://www.futboleras.es/jugadora/elene-ref1665.html |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=futboleras.es |language=es |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724014901/https://www.futboleras.es/jugadora/elene-lete-para-ref1665.html |url-status=live }} In 2018 she was signed by Real Sociedad and was the starting goalkeeper for their reserve team. In 2019 she became the substitute goalkeeper for the main team{{Cite web |date=9 July 2020 |title=Elene Lete zumarragarra Realaren lehen taldera igo da |url=https://www.otamotz.eus/2020/07/09/elene-lete-zumarragarra-realaren-lehen-taldera-igo-da/ |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=Otamotz |language=eu |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720032226/https://www.otamotz.eus/2020/07/09/elene-lete-zumarragarra-realaren-lehen-taldera-igo-da/ |url-status=live }} and was part of the squad that won the Copa de la Reina. She made her debut in the Primera División on 30 May 2021 against Santa Teresa. After Mariasun Quiñones transferred to Athletic Club a month later, Lete became the starting goalkeeper.
Lete won the Zamora trophy for the 2021–22 season as Real Sociedad finished runners-up and achieved their first qualification for the Champions League; she kept a clean sheet in eleven matches and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game. In February 2023, the club announced that it would renew Lete's contract through to the end of the 2024–25 season. As goalkeeper she was key to the "txuri-urdin" squad, although Adriana Nanclares kept goal in some matches.{{cite web |title=Elene Lete prolonga su contrato con la Real Sociedad hasta 2025 |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/futbol/real-sociedad/detalle/9063722/elene-lete-prolonga-su-contrato-con-real-sociedad-hasta-2025 |publisher=EITB |date=1 February 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720044036/https://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/futbol/real-sociedad/detalle/9063722/elene-lete-prolonga-su-contrato-con-real-sociedad-hasta-2025/ |url-status=live }}
International play
Lete has been selected for Spain in the Under-17, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-23 categories.{{Cite web |date=15 February 2021 |title=La Selección Sub-19 arranca hoy su concentración en Marbella |url=https://as.com/futbol/2021/02/15/femenino/1613417963_891125.html |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=AS.com |language=es |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720032220/https://as.com/futbol/2021/02/15/femenino/1613417963_891125.html |url-status=live }} She was set to be involved in the 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup, however a leg injury forced her to withdraw from the squad.{{cite web |last1=Lasagabaster |first1=Amaia U. |title=Elene Lete se queda sin Mundial |url=https://www.naiz.eus/eu/info/noticia/20220731/elene-lete-se-queda-sin-mundial |website=naiz.eus |language=es |date=31 July 2022 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |trans-title=Elene Lete is left without the World Cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720035520/https://www.naiz.eus/eu/info/noticia/20220731/elene-lete-se-queda-sin-mundial |url-status=live }}
In 2023 Lete was selected for the Spain senior team{{cite web |title=Lete, Oroz y Paredes, convocadas por la selección española para jugar los partidos contra Noruega y China |url=https://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/futbol/detalle/9158273/lete-oroz-y-paredes-convocadas-por-seleccion-espanola-para-jugar-partidos-contra-noruega-y-china/ |website=EITB |language=es |date=31 March 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720042631/https://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/futbol/detalle/9158273/lete-oroz-y-paredes-convocadas-por-seleccion-espanola-para-jugar-partidos-contra-noruega-y-china/ |url-status=live }} and made her debut against the Czech Republic, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win. However, she did not make the final selection for the 2023 FIFA World Cup squad.{{cite web |title=Goalkeepers |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/spain-women-world-cup-2023-squad-who-is-in/blt8c5c0231fbbeea8b#cs31f2c73d3f50d3c5 |website=Spain Women's World Cup 2023 squad: Who's in & who's out? |publisher=Goal |date=4 July 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720041049/https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/spain-women-world-cup-2023-squad-who-is-in/blt8c5c0231fbbeea8b#cs31f2c73d3f50d3c5 |url-status=live }}
Honours
References
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External links
- [https://www.realsociedad.eus/en/team/player/real-sociedad-women/elene-lete Profile] at Real Sociedad
- [https://real-sociedad.diariovasco.com/femenino/pequena-siempre-querido-20230103211103-nt.html Elene Lete, satisfecha de extender su contrato, no arroja la toalla de volver a clasificarse para la Champions League]
{{Real Sociedad Femenino squad}}
{{Spain women's football squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lete, Elene}}
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Spanish women's footballers
Category:Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Category:Real Sociedad Femenino players
Category:21st-century Spanish sportswomen
Category:People from Zumarraga, Spain
Category:Spain women's international footballers
Category:Spain women's youth international footballers