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María Pérez (Spanish Footballer)
María Pérez Rabaza (born 24 December 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a defensive midfielder for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses. A reserve player until 2023, she had already won the UEFA Women's Champions League and every title in Spain at least once with Barcelona, as well as the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with Spain. Early life María Pérez Rabaza was born on 24 December 2001 and grew up in Sant Fost de Campsentelles, in the province of Barcelona. A fan of FC Barcelona since childhood, her football idol was central midfielder Andrés Iniesta until women's football became more accessible to watch and she began playing as a holding midfielder, at which point she became inspired by Patricia Guijarro and Keira Walsh. In the 2022–23 season she played in the same Barcelona team as both Guijarro and Walsh, with both helping her grow in the position. Club career Youth career Pérez began playing with the local Sant Fos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . idescat.cat. A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182) live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area
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Defensive Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa Catalunya (women's Football)
The Copa Catalunya Femenina is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) for women's soccer, women's football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. Since its establishment in 2005 it has been dominated by FC Barcelona (women), FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol (women), RCD Espanyol, with ten and five titles respectively: in its initial run of 15 consecutive years, all but one final was contested by both teams (in 2010, Espanyol and Barcelona met in the semifinals). Previous iterations of the same tournament concept organised by the FCF were for the , also called the Copa Catalana Femenina, contested in the 20th century after formal incorporation of women's football. Copa Catalunya (2005–present) The competition was suspended in 2020 due to the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, COVID-19 pandemic; upon its relaunch in 2022 it was branded as the Copa Catalunya Amateur Femenina, and neither Barcelona nor Espanyol (nor other team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double (association Football)
The Double, in association football, is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary domestic cup competition in the same season. The lists in this article examine this definition of a double, while derivative sections examine much less frequent, continental instances. ''The Double'' can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as ''doing the double'' over a particular opponent. The first club to achieve a double was Preston North End in 1889, winning the FA Cup and The Football League in the inaugural season of the league. The team that holds the record for the most doubles is Linfield of Northern Ireland, with a total of 25. South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago are the two countries with the most Double-winning clubs, with 13 clubs each. Europe Albania In Albania, six teams have won the Double of the Kategoria Superiore and the Kupa e Shqipërisë. Andorra In Andorra, four teams have won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Roca Del Vallès
La Roca del Vallès () is a village in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ..., Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 10,518. Notable people * Salvador Illa (born 1966), President of the Government of Catalonia, leader of the PSC, former Spanish minister of Health and former mayor of La Roca. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCD Espanyol (women)
RCD Espanyol Femení (Real Club Deportivo Español) is the women's association football, women's football section of RCD Espanyol and was founded in 1970. History RCD Espanyol was one of the pioneering teams in women's association football, women's football in Spain, playing its first match as early as 1970. In 1971 they were one of the four major Catalan teams to take part in the Catalan Pernod Cup, playing to over 40,000 at Sarrià Stadium and 30,000 at the Camp Nou; Espanyol lifted the cup by defeating rivals FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona in the final. By 1979 Espanyol had won the (Catalan) league six times and the cup twice. The team's first national success came in 1989, when they first reached the Copa de la Reina, national cup's final, losing it against Añorga KKE, Añorga. They won the competition for the first time in 1996, and successfully defended the title the following year. 2006 was their most successful season to date as they won their first (and for now only) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keira Walsh
Keira Fae Walsh (born 8 April 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea and the England women's national football team, England women's national team. She is considered both a playmaker and a defensive midfielder. She has previously played for Blackburn Rovers L.F.C., Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City W.F.C., Manchester City, and FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona, and Great Britain women's Olympic football team, Great Britain at the Olympics. Walsh has numerous titles, having won the Women's Super League; the Liga F; the Women's FA Cup, FA Cup; the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, Copa de la Reina; the FA Women's League Cup, League Cup; the Supercopa de España Femenina, Supercopa de España; and the UEFA Women's Champions League, Champions League all on multiple occasions. With Manchester City she achieved one domestic treble, while at Barcelona she successively achieved a continental treble and List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Guijarro
Patricia "Patri" Guijarro Gutiérrez (; born 17 May 1998) is a Spanish professional Women's association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club FC Barcelona Femení, Barcelona and the Spain women's national football team, Spain women's national team. Guijarro has played a major role in Spain's most recent youth national team success, making important contributions to their Spain women's national under-17 football team, under-17, Spain women's national under-19 football team, under-19, and Spain women's national under-20 football team, under-20 teams. Most notably, she received the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, 2018 U-20 World Cup as Spain finished second. Additionally, after her transfer to FC Barcelona Femení from UD Collerense (women), UD Collerense in 2015, she has found both domestic success and European success with the club. Guijarro was part of the Barcelona squad that reached their first Champion's League fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holding Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Iniesta
Andrés Iniesta Luján (; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and spent most of his career at La Liga club Barcelona. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he was known for his balance, ball control and agility in close spaces, combined with his skill, composure, and flair on the ball. Iniesta started his professional career through ''La Masia'', the Barcelona youth academy, after an early migration from his birthplace, and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut aged 18 in 2002. He began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season and remained in the team until 2018. Iniesta's 35 trophies, which include nine La Ligas and four UEFA Champions League titles, make him the most decorated Spanish footballer of all time. With the initial management guidance by Pep Guardiola and using the tiki-taka football philosophy, Iniesta was part of a widely lauded midfield combination trio with Xav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto ''"Més que un club"'' (''"More than a club"''). Unlike many other football clubs, Supporters of FC Barcelona, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable football club in the world, worth $5.6 billion, and the Deloitte Football Money League, world's fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €800.1 million. The official Barcelona anthem is the "Cant del Barça", written by :ca:Jaume Picas i Guiu, Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Barcelona
Barcelona (; ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . idescat.cat. A total of 5,743,402 people live in the province, of whom about 29% (1,664,182) live within the administrative limits of the city of Barcelona, which itself is contained in the Barcelona metropolitan area
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