Irene Paredes

Irene Paredes
Personal information
Full name Irene Paredes Hernández[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991[1]
Place of birth Legazpi, Basque Country, Spain[2]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Paris Saint-Germain
Number 14
Youth career
2005–2006 Ilintxa
2006–2007 Urola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 CD Zarautz
2008–2011 Real Sociedad
2011–2016 Athletic Bilbao 128 (19)
2016– Paris Saint-Germain
National team
2011– Spain 37 (3)
2012– Basque Country 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 29 August 2016 (UTC).


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.

Irene Paredes Hernández (born 4 July 1991) is a Spanish[3] footballer who plays as a defender for Paris Saint-Germain and the Spain women's national football team.[4] She previously played for Primera División club Athletic Bilbao.[5]

International career

She played her first minutes for the Spanish national team in November 2011 against Romania.[6] In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda confirmed Paredes as a member of his 23-player squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[7] At the tournament, she scored an unfortunate own goal in Spain's 3–1 quarter-final defeat to Norway.[8] On 27 October 2013, she scored her first goal for Spain, in a 6–0 home win against Estonia at a 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match. She was also called up to be part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first:

Irene Paredes – goals for Spain
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 October 2013 Ciudad Deportiva Collado Villalba, Spain  Estonia 6–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2. 20 September 2016 Butarque, Leganés  Finland 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
3. 3–0

References

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