Irene Paredes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paredes and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.
Irene Paredes
Paredes in 2023
Personal information
Full name Irene Paredes Hernández[1]
Date of birth (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Legazpi, Spain[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 2
Youth career
2005–2006 Ilintxa
2006–2007 Urola
2007–2008 Zarautz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Real Sociedad 82 (6)
2011–2016 Athletic Bilbao 128 (18)
2016–2021 Paris Saint-Germain 85 (13)
2021– Barcelona 65 (6)
International career‡
2011– Spain 104 (11)
2012–2022 Basque Country 4 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:55, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:52, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Irene Paredes Hernández (listenⓘ; born 4 July 1991) is a Spanish[3] professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team.[4]

Club career[edit]

Real Sociedad[edit]

Born in Legazpi, Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country, Paredes joined local side Zarautz in 2007. She then moved to Real Sociedad a year later. On 5 October 2008, she made her senior debut against Málaga in a league game.[5]

Athletic Bilbao[edit]

After spending three seasons at Real Sociedad, Paredes signed for Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao in 2011. She spent five seasons there, winning the Primera División in her final season with the club in 2015–16.[6] She also won three Copa Euskal Herria against her former club Real Sociedad in 2011, 2013 and 2015. On 10 June 2012, she was sent off for the first time in her career in their 1–2 loss against Espanyol in the 2012 Copa de la Reina final.

Paris Saint-Germain[edit]

In 2016, Paredes signed for Paris Saint-Germain. She played her first UEFA Women's Champions League season after joining PSG and reached the final, where her team lost 6–7 on penalties to Lyon.[7]

On 31 May 2018, she won her first trophy with the club as PSG defeated Lyon 1–0 in the final of the 2018 Coupe de France Féminine.[8] She was named as captain of PSG before the start of the 2018–19 season.[9]

In May 2019, Paredes extended her contract with PSG for two more years, keeping her at the club till 30 June 2021.[10] On 21 September, Paredes played in her first final as captain as PSG were defeated 3–4 on penalties by Lyon in the inaugural Trophée des Championnes.[11]

On 4 June 2021, Paredes led PSG to their first ever league title, ending Lyon's run of 14 consecutive titles.[12] She also led PSG to the semifinals of the Women's Champions League where her team lost to eventual champions Barcelona.

Barcelona[edit]

On 8 July 2021, Paredes signed a two-year deal with Barcelona after her contract with PSG expired.[13] On 4 September, Paredes made her official Barcelona debut in a 5–0 routing of Granadilla Tenerife.[14] On 17 October, Paredes scored her first goal for Barcelona in a 5–0 victory against Sporting Huelva. On 17 November, she scored her first Women's Champions League goal for Barcelona as she headed in the second goal in a 5–0 defeat of 1899 Hoffenheim in the group stage.[15]

On 23 January 2022, Paredes won her first title with Barcelona after her side thrashed Atlético Madrid 7–0 in the final to win their second Supercopa de España Femenina title.[16] On 9 February, Paredes returned after recovering from Covid-19 and scored the fourth goal in the 9–1 thrashing of Real Sociedad.[17] On 13 February, Paredes suffered a muscle tear in her left thigh during their 3–0 win against Athletic Bilbao and was ruled out for over four weeks.[18] On 13 March, Paredes won her second Spanish league title, and her first with Barça, after Barcelona won 5–0 against Real Madrid.[19] On 22 March, Paredes returned from her injury when she came on at the 65th minute in a 3–1 victory against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter final.[20] On 30 March, she made her Camp Nou debut in the return leg of Barça's 5–2 quarter final victory against Real Madrid.[21] On 21 May, Paredes started against Lyon as Barcelona were defeated 1–3 in the Champions League final at the Allianz Stadium in Turín.[22] On 29 May, she won her third trophy with Barcelona as her team thrashed Sporting Huelva 6–1 in the Copa de la Reina final.[23]

On 18 August, Paredes was announced as the fifth captain of Barcelona before the start of the new season.[24]

On 19 January 2023, Paredes was sent-off during Barcelona's 3–1 victory over Real Madrid in the semi-final of the 2022-23 Supercopa de España Femenina and was subsequently suspended for the final. Three days later, her side defeated Real Sociedad 3–0 to win the trophy.[25] On 27 January, Paredes extended her contract with Barcelona until June 2025.[26] On 30 April, she won her second league title with Barcelona when her side beat Sporting Huelva 3–0.[27] On 3 June, Paredes played the entire match as Barcelona won 3–2 against VfL Wolfsburg in the final to win her first Women's Champions League title.[28]

International career[edit]

Paredes with Spain in 2012

She played her first minutes for the Spain national team in November 2011 against Romania.[29] 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.[30] At the tournament, she scored an unfortunate own goal in Spain's 3–1 quarter-final defeat to Norway.[31] 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] and at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[32][33] On 5 March 2018, she marked her 50th appearance for Spain by opening the scoring with a header in a 2–0 victory against Czech Republic in the last group match of the Cyprus Cup.[34]

On 14 February 2022, Paredes was ruled out of the inaugural edition of the Arnold Clark Cup after suffering a muscle tear in her left thigh and was replaced by Sheila García.[35]

On 6 April 2023, Paredes made her return to the national team in a 4–2 international friendly win against Norway after she had resigned from the national team, along with her captaincy role in October 2022, following disagreements between a few players and the RFEF over unfavourable conditions in the dressing room.[36] On 20 August, she won the FIFA Women's World Cup after Spain defeated England 1–0 in the final. On 1 December, she returned from injury to play her 100th match for the national team in a 2–3 defeat against Italy in a group stage match of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.[37]

Personal life[edit]

Paredes is in a relationship with former Spain hockey player[38] Lucía Ybarra. During her stint at PSG, the couple lived together in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.[39]

In April 2021, Paredes and Ybarra announced that they were expecting their first child together.[40] On 13 September, Paredes announced the arrival of their son Mateo, who was born the day before, in an Instagram post.[41] Paredes had already asked coach Jorge Vilda not to summon her to the national squad for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification due to the forthcoming birth.[42] Ybarra and Mateo accompanied Paredes to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in New Zealand and Australia.[43]

Style of play[edit]

Paredes has been described to be a multifaceted defender, who is a commanding presence in the air. She is also a very skillful and technically gifted ball-playing defender as she contributes to her team's build-up while dribbling the ball up the field and connecting with the attackers. She is an attacking threat inside the opponent's penalty area from free-kicks and corners as she has demonstrated with her prowess in goalscoring through headers.[44][45]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 31 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup UWCL Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Sociedad 2008–09 Superliga Femenina 27 0 0 0 – – 27 0
2009–10 28 4 2 0 – – 30 4
2010–11 27 2 5 1 – – 32 3
Total 82 6 7 1 – – 89 7
Athletic Bilbao 2011–12 Primera División 33 2 2 0 – – 35 2
2012–13 19 2 2 1 – – 21 3
2013–14 30 2 5 0 – – 35 2
2014–15 21 3 1 0 – – 22 3
2015–16 25 9 1 0 – – 26 9
Total 128 19 11 1 – – 139 20
Paris Saint-Germain 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine 18 2 2 0 9 3 – 29 5
2017–18 20 3 5 2 – – 25 5
2018–19 12 2 3 0 4 0 – 19 2
2019–20 14 0 5 2 5 0 1[a] 0 25 2
2020–21 21 6 – 6 2 – 27 8
Total 85 13 15 4 24 5 1 0 125 22
Barcelona 2021–22 Primera División 24 4 2 0 10 1 2[b] 0 38 5
2022–23 25 2 0 0 11 2 1[b] 0 37 4
2023–24 16 0 4 0 3 0 2[b] 0 25 0
Total 65 6 6 0 24 3 5 0 99 9
Career total 360 44 39 6 48 8 6 0 453 58
  1. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Championnes
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España Femenina

International[edit]

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paredes goal.
List of international goals scored by Irene Paredes
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 October 2013 Ciudad Deportiva Collado Villalba, Collado Villalba, Spain  Estonia 6–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2 20 September 2016 Butarque, Leganés, Spain  Finland 2–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
3 3–0
4 23 October 2017 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Israel 1–0 6–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5 3–0
6 28 November 2017 Estadi de Son Moix, Palma, Spain  Austria 3–0 4–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7 5 March 2018 AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca, Cyprus  Czech Republic 1–0 2–0 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup
8 6 April 2018 Telia 5G -areena, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 2–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9 8 October 2019 Ďolíček, Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 4–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
10 8 July 2022 Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England  Finland 1–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
11 2 September 2022 La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas, Spain  Hungary 2–0 3–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours[edit]

Athletic Bilbao

Paris Saint-Germain

Barcelona

Spain

Individual

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