Sonia Bermúdez Tribano (born 15 November 1984), commonly known as Sonia or Soni, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. She was a member of the Spain women's national team. With previous passages for Rayo Vallecano, FC Barcelona,

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club Western New York Flash and

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, she won the women's Primera División seven consecutive times (three with Rayo Vallecano and four with Barcelona) from 2008–09 until 2014–15.

Club career

She played for Estudiantes Huelva before joining

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in 2003. In seven years with Rayo Vallecano, she contributed to the club's first Spanish league trophy—scoring 22 goals throughout the 2008–09 season, ranking third at the top scorers table. She won the 2011–12 Primera División top scorer award with 38 goals for champions Barcelona. In

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Barcelona retained their title and Sonia scored 21 times to finish joint-top scorer with Rayo's

Natalia Pablos Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón (born 15 October 1985), known simply as Natalia, is a Spanish former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. She spent most of her club career at Rayo Vallecano (wom ...

. In 2014, she had a quick break at her Barcelona career when she joined the Western New York Flash from

, returning to Barcelona for the 2014–15 season. In 2015, after four seasons at Barcelona – which included a passage in 2014 with the Western New York Flash from

– she opted to join

ahead of the 2015–16 season.

International career

In October 2002, Sonia was named in the Spanish squad for the

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. A member of the senior Spanish national team,

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she scored against England and Northern Ireland at the

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. In Spain's first game of the

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campaign, Sonia was named to the squad and listed as an FC Barcelona player. She scored the fourth goal in Spain's 10–1 win in Turkey. In June 2013, national team

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named Sonia in his squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden. She was part of Spain's squad at the

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in Canada.

International goals

Honours

Club

; Rayo Vallecano *

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: Winner 2008–09, 2009–10,

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: Winner

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; FC Barcelona *

: Winner 2011–12,

, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: Winner

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;Atlético Madrid *

: Winner

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, 2017-18 *

:Winner

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International

; Spain * Algarve Cup: Winner

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