Estanislau "Estanis" Pedrola Fortuny (born 24 August 2003) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

, on loan from

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club

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Club career

Born in

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Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

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, Pedrola joined

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

's youth setup in 2014, from local side CF Reus Deportiu. Released in 2019, he subsequently returned to Reus before joining

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in June 2021, for the ''Juvenil A'' squad. Pedrola made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 November 2021, coming on as a late substitute for

Ferran Jutglà Ferran Jutglà Blanch (born 1 February 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge. He spent most of his youth at Espanyol, but made no first-team appearances and was released in 20 ...

in a 2–0

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away loss against

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. He scored his first senior goal on 12 December, netting the equalizer for the B's in a 3–1 home win over

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

. Pedrola made his first team – and

– debut on 2 January 2022, replacing fellow youth graduate Ilias Akhomach in a 1–0 away success over

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. On 11 August 2023, Pedrola signed a four-year contract with Italian club

. He will spend the 2023–24 season on loan, and then Sampdoria holds an obligation to purchase his rights on a permanent basis.

Personal life

Pedrola was named after his great-grandfather, also named Estanislau, who fought in

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and died in a

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Career statistics

Club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedrola, Estanis 2003 births Living people People from Baix Camp Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primera Federación players La Liga players Serie B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players RCD Espanyol footballers UC Sampdoria players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy