Bruna Vilamala
{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 2002)}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Vilamala|Costa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bruna Vilamala
| image = FCB v Real Sociedad - DSC 1431 (51262754358) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Bruna with Barcelona in 2021
| fullname = Bruna Vilamala Costa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|06|04}}
| birth_place = Sant Vicenç de Torelló, Spain
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Brighton & Hove Albion
(on loan from Barcelona)
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = 2013–2019
| youthclubs1 = Barcelona
| years1 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = Barcelona B
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 12
| years2 = 2020–
| clubs2 = Barcelona
| caps2 = 50
| goals2 = 20
| years3 = 2024–
| clubs3 = → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Spain U17
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–
| nationalteam2 = Spain U23
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2= 2
| nationalyears3 = 2024–
| nationalteam3 = Spain
| nationalcaps3 = 3
| nationalgoals3= 1
| pcupdate = 19 April 2025
| ntupdate = 20 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Bruna Vilamala Costa ({{IPA|ca|ˈbɾu.nə bi.ləˈma.lə ˈkɔs.tə|lang}}; {{pronunciation|Bruna Vilamala Costa audio.mp3|listen}}; born 4 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion on loan from Liga F club FC Barcelona.{{cite web|url=http://www.laliga.es/jugador/menayo|title=Ficha de la jugadora|website=Laliga.es|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192319/https://www.laliga.es/jugador/menayo|url-status=live}}
Club career
Born in the town of Borgonyà{{Cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20210719/410586031309/bruna-vilamala-el-gol-de-casa-tambien-pide-paso.html |title=Bruna Vilamala, el gol de casa también pide paso |date=19 July 2021 |accessdate=26 July 2021 |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |website=mundodeportivo.com |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108054948/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20210719/410586031309/bruna-vilamala-el-gol-de-casa-tambien-pide-paso.html |url-status=live }} in the municipality of Sant Vicenç de Torelló, Vilamala joined the grassroots FC Barcelona when she was only eleven years old.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/futbol-femenino-barca/bruna-vilamala-canterana-del-barca-que-canta-goles-con-primer-equipo-8162022 |title=Bruna Vilamala, la canterana del Barça que ya canta goles con el primer equipo |accessdate=26 July 2021 |date=18 October 2020 |publisher=Sport |website=sport.es |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108050153/https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/futbol-femenino-barca/bruna-vilamala-canterana-del-barca-que-canta-goles-con-primer-equipo-8162022 |url-status=live }}
In October 2018, Vilamala tore her ACL in a match against AEM Lleida.{{cite web |url=http://www.futfem.cat/nacional/5517-bruna-vilamala-es-podria-perdre-el-mundial-sub-17 |title=Bruna Vilamala es podria perdre el Mundial sub-17 |website=futfem.cat |publisher=Futfem.cat |first=Edurne |last=Concejo |date=3 October 2018 |access-date=26 October 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045604/http://www.futfem.cat/nacional/5517-bruna-vilamala-es-podria-perdre-el-mundial-sub-17 |url-status=live }}
She debuted with the Barça first team on 1 February 2020 against Sevilla at only 17 years of age, with Vilamala being the fourth youngest player to wear the shirt of the culés.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20200202/473272437154/barca-bruna-vilamala.html |title=Bruna Vilamala: 'Es lo que soñé desde pequeña' |accessdate=9 May 2021 |date=2 February 2020 |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |website=mundodeportivo.com |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530165448/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20200202/473272437154/barca-bruna-vilamala.html |url-status=live }} During the 2020–21 season, she was a regular on the payrolls of the Barça first team despite the fact that she still had a filial role. On 18 October 2020, she scored her first goal in the Primera División in the 6-0 win against Sporting de Huelva. On 10 May 2021, she scored against Granadilla, which would be decisive in the 1-0 victory, with which they won the Liga Iberdrola title. In that season, Barcelona would end the best campaign in its history by winning the Liga, Copa de la Reina and Champions League titles. For her part, Vilamala would close the season with 12 goals converted in the Liga in just 15 games, being the sixth highest scorer of the culé campaign and the second with the best scoring average.
On 25 October 2021, Vilamala suffered the second ACL tear of her career during a friendly with Spain's under-23 national football team.{{cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20211025/1001704585/barca-pendiente-lesion-bruna-vilamala.html |title=El Barça, pendiente de la lesión de Bruna Vilamala |website=mundodeportivo.com |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |first=Paula |last=Valdunciel |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=26 October 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108052250/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20211025/1001704585/barca-pendiente-lesion-bruna-vilamala.html |url-status=live }} She returned to playing on 20 November 2022 in a Liga F match against Deportivo Alavés,{{cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20221120/1001897379/bruna-vilamala-esperaba-corearan-mi-nombre.html |title=Bruna Vilamala: 'No esperaba que corearan mi nombre' |website=mundodeportivo.com |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |first=Javier |last=Gascón |date=20 November 2022 |access-date=27 December 2022 |archive-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227112954/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20221120/1001897379/bruna-vilamala-esperaba-corearan-mi-nombre.html |url-status=live }} experiencing some setbacks before making more regular appearances in the 2023–24 season and slowly growing back to full fitness.{{Cite web |last=Tikas |first=Maria |date=2024-05-30 |title=El 1x1 de una temporada perfecta |url=https://www-sport-es.translate.goog/es/noticias/futbol-femenino-barca/1x1-temporada-perfecta-103107077 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Diario Sport |language=es |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707000153/https://www-sport-es.translate.goog/es/noticias/futbol-femenino-barca/1x1-temporada-perfecta-103107077 |url-status=dead }}
On 24 August 2024, Brighton and Hove Albion announced that they had agreed a deal to sign Vilamala on a season-long loan from Barcelona, subject to regulatory processes.{{Cite web|title=Albion sign Vilamala from Barcelona|url=https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/media-article-popup/albion-sign-vilamala-from-barcelona|access-date=2024-08-24|website=www.brightonandhovealbion.com|archive-date=24 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824202254/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/pages/en/media-article-popup/albion-sign-vilamala-from-barcelona|url-status=live}}
International career
In 2018, Vilamala was called up to the Spanish U-17 team to take part in the women's U-17 European Championship, which was held in Lithuania.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20180508/443408337734/seleccion-espanola-sub-17-lituania-tona-is-eurocopa-barca-claudia-pina-aida-esteve.html |title='La Rojita' femenina lista para la Eurocopa con tres azulgranas |date=9 May 2018 |accessdate=26 July 2021 |publisher=Mundo Deportivo |website=mundodeportivo.com |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108050441/https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20180508/443408337734/seleccion-espanola-sub-17-lituania-tona-is-eurocopa-barca-claudia-pina-aida-esteve.html |url-status=live }}
Vilamala made her senior Spain debut on her 22nd birthday, during a UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Denmark on 4 June 2024. Spain, ranked number one, were unusually trailing when Vilamala was substituted on; she scored their first goal (which she credited to Irene Paredes) as Spain mounted a 3–2 comeback victory to gain automatic qualification for Euro 2025.{{Cite web |last=Tikas |first=Maria |date=2024-06-05 |title=El cumpleaños más especial de Bruna: debut, gol y victoria |url=https://www-sport-es.translate.goog/seleccion/femenino/cumpleanos-especial-bruna-debut-gol-103369684 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Diario Sport |language=es}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|UWCL !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Barcelona B
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|Segunda División |15 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 8 | ||||
| 2020–21
|6 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 4 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!21 | 12 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 12 | ||||
| rowspan="6" valign="center"|Barcelona
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|Primera División |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21
|15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 13 | |
| 2021–22
|5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2022–23
|10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2023–24
|19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=SCE|Appearances in Supercopa de España}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!50 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 71 | 24 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
|WSL |12 | 1 | 1{{efn|name=FAC|Appearances in Women's FA Cup}} | 1 | 3{{efn|name=FLC|Appearances in Women's League Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 3 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!83 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 108 | 39 |
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=International=
{{updated|match played 3 December 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain
|2024 | 3 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||3 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vilamala goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Bruna Vilamala |
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |
|---|
| align="center"|1
|4 June 2024 |Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife, Spain |{{fbw|DEN}} |align="center"|1–2 |align="center"|3–2 |
Honours
;Barcelona
- Liga F: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Copa de la Reina: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
- UEFA Women's Champions League: 2020–21,{{cite news |date=16 May 2021 |title=Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0269-124ae310baea-93bc49bd8837-1000--chelsea-0-4-barcelona-barca-surge-to-first-women-s-champio/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516215401/https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/match/2030666--chelsea-vs-barcelona/postmatch/report/ |archive-date=16 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 |website=UEFA}} 2022–23,{{Cite news |last=Wrack |first=Suzanne |date=3 June 2023 |title=Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/03/barcelona-wolfsburg-womens-champions-league-final |access-date=7 June 2023 |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=13 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113005320/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/03/barcelona-wolfsburg-womens-champions-league-final |url-status=live }} 2023–24{{Cite web |date=25 May 2024 |title=Barcelona retains Women's Champions League title, completing historic quadruple |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/25/sport/barcelona-lyon-womens-champions-league-2024-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=25 May 2024 |website=CNN |archive-date=19 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719203631/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/25/sport/barcelona-lyon-womens-champions-league-2024-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}
- Supercopa de España Femenina: 2021–22, 2023–24
;Spain
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/players/1736083/bruna Bruna Vilamala] at FC Barcelona
- [https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=10025 Bruna Vilamala] at BDFutbol
- {{ESPN FC player|305984/bruna-vilamala}}
- {{FBref player|ae510b79/Bruna-Vilamala}}
- {{Soccerway player|bruna-vilamala-costa/513729}}
{{Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vilamila, Bruna}}
Category:Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
Category:Spanish women's footballers
Category:FC Barcelona Femení players
Category:Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:FC Barcelona Femení B players
Category:Segunda Federación (women) players
Category:Sportswomen from Catalonia
Category:Spain women's youth international footballers