Natalia Pablos
{{short description|Spanish international footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Pablos|Sanchón|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Natalia Pablos
| image = Natalia de Pablos.jpg
| caption = Natalia with Bristol Academy in 2013
| fullname = Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title= List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |accessdate=18 June 2015}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|15}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/players/natalia-pablos-sanchon |title=Natalia profile |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |accessdate=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630153118/http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/players/natalia-pablos-sanchon |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 2000–2013
| clubs1 = Rayo Vallecano
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = Bristol Academy
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = Arsenal
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 2016–2018
| clubs4 = Rayo Vallecano
| caps4 = 50
| goals4 = 36
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2015
| nationalteam1 = Spain U-19
| nationalteam2 = Spain
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalcaps2 = 22
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 13
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}
Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón (born 15 October 1985), known simply as Natalia, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a forward. She spent most of her club career at Rayo Vallecano and was a member of the Spain women's national team.
Club career
Until 2013 she was the captain of Rayo Vallecano women's team, where she played since the club's foundation in 2000.http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/daria-fuera-marcar-champions-victoria/20090929dasdasftb_51/Tes Diario AS At Rayo, Natalia won three Leagues and one Spanish Cup. She was the league's top scorer of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons with 24 and 29 goals respectively. In November 2012, she scored her 300th goal for Rayo, including almost 200 league goals.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rayoherald.com/30105-natalia-pablos-la-espartana-de-vallecas.html |title=Natalia nets 300th goal |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216190751/http://www.rayoherald.com/30105-natalia-pablos-la-espartana-de-vallecas.html |url-status=dead }} A few months later (March 2013) she was leaving the club having scored 311 goals in 324 matches overall.{{cite web |url=http://futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=2577 |title=El Rayo Vallecano homenajeará a Natalia Pablos que se marcha a Bristol |language=Spanish |publisher=futfem.com |accessdate=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701034135/http://futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=2577 |archive-date=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}
In 2013, she joined compatriot Laura del Río at Bristol Academy in the English FA WSL.{{cite web|title=300 goals Natalia join's Vixens|url=http://www.bristolacademywfc.co.uk/news/300_goals_natalia_joins_vixens.html|publisher=bristolacademywfc.co.uk|accessdate=4 March 2013|date=4 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307033050/http://www.bristolacademywfc.co.uk/news/300_goals_natalia_joins_vixens.html|archive-date=7 March 2013|url-status=dead}} Bristol manager Mark Sampson called Natalia a female version of Swansea City's Spanish striker Michu.{{cite web|title=WSL: We've signed the female Michu, say Bristol Academy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21650932|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 March 2013|date=3 March 2013|first=Tony|last=Leighton}}
In October 2014 Birmingham City's Karen Carney was fined, banned for one match and sent on an education course for an incident in July with Pablos.{{cite web | url=http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/2014/oct/karen-carney-fined-and-suspended | title=Birmingham City's Karen Carney handed ban and fine }}
In December 2014 Natalia announced that she had left Bristol Academy to join Arsenal Ladies.{{cite news|title=Natalia Pablos Sanchon: Arsenal sign Bristol Academy forward|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30497179|accessdate=16 December 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|date=16 December 2014}} She was an unused substitute as Arsenal won the 2016 FA Women's Cup Final at Wembley Stadium,{{cite news|last=Phillips |first=Owen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36281818 |title=Women's FA Cup final: Arsenal Ladies 1-0 Chelsea Ladies |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=14 May 2016 |accessdate=1 November 2016}} and Natalia and her compatriots Marta Corredera and Vicky Losada all left Arsenal at the end of the 2016 FA WSL season.{{cite news|title=Arsenal Ladies: Spain's Natalia, Marta Corredera and Vicky Losada leave club|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37731005|accessdate=1 November 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|date=21 October 2016}}
International career
After winning the 2004 Under-19 Euro, she was called into the senior national team where she had a brief spell including a 2007 World Cup qualifier match against Finland and the first two matches of 2009 Euro qualifying.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150702005817/http://es.uefa.com/womenseuro/teams/player=69977/index.html UEFA] UEFA She subsequently renounced for personal reasons.http://www.marca.com/2009/09/03/futbol/mas_futbol/1251993036.html?a=36f48f748394b8d7329c082c1abf4355&t=1317854709 Marca
Natalia's goalscoring form in England during the first half of the 2013–14 WSL season saw her recalled to the national squad after a 5-year absence. Coach Ignacio Quereda included her in the 40-player pre-selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2013,{{cite web|title=Natalia: "Ha sido una sorpresa verme en la lista de Quereda"|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/06/05/primera/1370434361_260807.html|publisher=Diario AS|accessdate=10 June 2013|date=5 June 2013|first=Isabel|last=Roldán|language=Spanish}} but she did not feature in the final 23 player list for the tournament.
After leading the team's goalscoring in the qualifiers, she was part of Spain's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. But after Quereda was replaced by Jorge Vilda after the World Cup, she soon stopped being called-up along with key veterans of the team such as Sonia Bermúdez and Verónica Boquete.[http://www.marca.com/futbol/futbol-femenino/2017/06/20/594910a3ca47419d648b4593.html Marca]
=International goals=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"| 1. | 27 October 2013 | Ciudad Deportiva, Collado Villalba | {{fbw|EST}} | align=center| 5–0 | align=center| 6–0 | rowspan=12|2015 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
| align="center"| 2. | 31 October 2013 | Nuevo Matapiñonera, San Sebastián de los Reyes | {{fbw|ITA}} | align=center| 2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | |
| align="center"| 3. | rowspan="5"| 23 February 2014 | rowspan="5"| Las Gaunas, Logroño | rowspan="5"| {{fbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} | align="center"| 6–0 | align="center" rowspan="5"| 12–0 | |
| align="center"| 4. | align="center"| 7–0 | |||||
| align="center"| 5. | align="center"| 10–0 | |||||
| align="center"| 6. | align="center"| 11–0 | |||||
| align="center"| 7. | align="center"| 12–0 | |||||
| align="center"| 8. | 10 April 2014 | Training Centre Petar Miloševski, Skopje | {{fbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} | align="center"| 0–4 | align=center|0–10 | |
| align="center"| 9. | rowspan="2"|8 May 2014 | rowspan="2"|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | rowspan="2"|{{fbw|EST}} | align="center"| 0–2 | rowspan="2" align=center|0–5 | |
| align="center"| 10. | align="center"| 0–4 | |||||
| align="center"| 11. | rowspan="2"|13 September 2014 | rowspan="2"|Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, Iași | rowspan="2"|{{fbw|ROU}} | align=center| 0–1 | rowspan="2" align=center| 0–2 | |
| align="center"| 12. | align="center"| 0–2 | |||||
| align="center"| 13. | 21 September 2015 | Sports Center, Chenzhou | {{fbw|CHN}} | align=center| 1–2 | align=center| 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
=Club=
; Titles
- Primera División (3): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Copa de la Reina (1): 2008
- FA Women's Cup (1): 2015–16
- FA WSL Cup (1): 2015
; Best result in other competitions
=International=
; Titles
- UEFA U-19 Euro (1): 2004
; Best result in other competitions
- FIFA World Cup (First Stage): 2015
- FIFA U-20 World Cup (First Stage): 2004
Trivia
Her name has often been misspelled as Natalia de Pablos.[http://www.futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=3036 Natalia Pablos: "My call up has surprised my teammates as much as me".] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130911123804/http://www.futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=3036 |date=2013-09-11 }} futfem.com, 11 September 2013
References
{{reflist|30em}}
8. La Espartana de Vallecas. Sus 300 goles en FutFem [https://archive.today/20130910003453/http://www.futfem.com/vernoticia.php?id=2203 La Espartana de Vallecas]
External links
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- {{FIFA player|217103}}
- {{UEFA player|69977}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150630153118/http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/players/natalia-pablos-sanchon Profile] at Arsenal FC
- {{Soccerway|natalia-pablos/98827}}
{{Spain squad 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Primera División (women) Golden Boot}}
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Category:Spanish women's footballers
Category:Spain women's international footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from Madrid
Category:Spanish expatriate women's footballers
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in England
Category:Bristol Academy W.F.C. players
Category:Arsenal W.F.C. players
Category:Women's Super League players
Category:Queens League players
Category:Rayo Vallecano Femenino players
Category:2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England