Clara Pinedo
{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Pinedo|Castresana|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clara Pinedo
| image = ClaraPinedo (cropped).jpg
| caption = Pinedo playing for Spain U23, 2024
| full_name = Clara Pinedo Castresana
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|09|09}}{{Soccerway|id=716151|accessdate=23 January 2022}}
| birth_place = Bilbao, Spain{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=8896|title=Clara|publisher=BDFutbol|accessdate=23 January 2022}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Athletic Club
| clubnumber = 15
| youthyears1 = 2016–2019
| youthclubs1 = Bizkerre
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = Athletic Club B
| caps1 = 71
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2020–
| clubs2 = Athletic Club
| caps2 = 65
| goals2 = 12
| nationalteam1 = Spain U19
| nationalyears1 = 2021–2022
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalteam2 = Spain U20
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2023–
| nationalteam3 = Spain U23
| nationalcaps3 = 6
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = 18:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 02:35, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fbw|ESP}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup}}
{{Medal|W|2022 Costa Rica|}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2022 Czech Republic|}}
}}
Clara Pinedo Castresana (born 9 September 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Athletic Club.
Club career
A youth player with Bizkerre, Pinedo started her professional career at Athletic Club B, playing her first senior match in the Spanish second tier a few days after her 16th birthday.{{cite web |url=https://www.txapeldunak.com/cas/futbol_femenino/jugadora.asp?id=11195|title=Clara|publisher=Txapeldunak|accessdate=23 January 2022}} Having established herself in the first team squad, in February 2023 she agreed a new contract with Athletic running to 2026.[https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2023/02/27/clara-pinedo-extends-contract-to-2026 Clara Pinedo extends contract to 2026], Athletic Bilbao, 27 February 2023{{cite web |author=Asier Romo|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/athletic-bilbao/20230227/1001951646/clara-pinedo-renueva-athletic-2026.html|title=Clara Pinedo renueva con el Athletic hasta 2026|trans-title=Clara Pinedo renews with Athletic unil 2026|website=Mundo Deportivo|date=27 February 2023|access-date=12 December 2023|language=Spanish}}
International career
Pinedo has also played for the Spain under-19 team, scoring a goal in a 4–0 win against Portugal on 22 October 2021, and was part of the squads which won the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in the Czech Republic followed by the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica (alongside clubmates Ane Elexpuru and Maite Zubieta).{{cite web |author=Carlos Zaballa|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/athletic-bilbao/20220829/1001858395/elexpuru-zubieta-pinedo-proclaman-campeonas-mundo-sub-20.html|title=Elexpuru, Zubieta y Pinedo se proclaman campeonas del mundo Sub-20|trans-title=Elexpuru, Zubieta and Pinedo are proclaimed Under-20 world champions|website=Mundo Deportivo|date=29 August 2022|access-date=12 December 2023|language=Spanish}}[https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/news/2022/09/03/san-mames-tribute-for-our-world-u-20-and-european-u-19-champions San Mamés tribute for our World U-20 and European U-19 champions], Athletic Bilbao, 3 September 2022
==Honours==
Spain U19
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2022{{cite web|title= 2022 Women's U19 EURO: Road to the title|url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/news/0275-153894a4fdba-5073267213bb-1000--2022-women-s-u19-euro-road-to-the-title/|website=UEFA|date=9 July 2022|access-date=26 December 2023}}
Spain U20
References
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External links
- {{Athletic Club player|clara-pinedo-castresana}}
- {{FBref player|68fd2ca4/Clara-Pinedo}}
- {{ESPN FC|333469/clara-pinedo}}
- {{Soccerway|clara-pinedo-castresana/716151}}
{{Athletic Club Femenino squad}}
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Category:Spanish women's footballers
Category:Footballers from Bilbao
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Segunda Federación (women) players
Category:Athletic Club (women) B players
Category:Athletic Club (women) players
Category:21st-century Spanish sportswomen
Category:Spain women's youth international footballers
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