Natalia Alessandra Padilla-Bidas (born 6 November 2002) is a Spanish-born Polish

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who plays as a

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for Spanish Liga F club Sevilla, on loan from

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

, and the Poland women's national team.

Early life

Padilla was born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

to an American father of Spanish descent and a Polish mother. Her paternal grandmother was born in Morocco and emigrated to Spain.

Club career

Padilla has played for

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a association football, football club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, that competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, ...

in Spain and for Servette in Switzerland. In summer 2023, she transferred to

who then loaned her to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

for one season. Padilla joined Sevilla on loan for the 2024–25 season.

International career

Padilla made her senior debut for Poland on 13 April 2021 in a 2–4 friendly home loss to

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International goals

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* 2002 births Living people Footballers from Málaga Polish women's footballers Poland women's international footballers Spanish women's footballers Polish people of American descent Polish people of Moroccan descent Polish people of Spanish descent Spanish people of Polish descent Spanish sportspeople of Moroccan descent Women's association football forwards Málaga CF Femenino players Servette FC Chênois Féminin players FC Bayern Munich (women) players 1. FC Köln (women) players Segunda Federación (women) players Swiss Women's Super League players Frauen-Bundesliga players Polish expatriate women's footballers Spanish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Spain-footy-forward-stub