Ignacio "Iñaki" Peña Sotorres (born 2 March 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Barcelona.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in

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, Valencian Community, Peña started his career at

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's youth setup in 2004, aged just five. In 2012, at the age of 13, he joined FC Barcelona's La Masia from Villarreal CF. He was in the team that won the

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, being a starter in the final against Chelsea. On 16 April 2018, Peña renewed his contract with ''Barça'' for three seasons, with an option for a further two. He was later promoted to the reserves in

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ahead of the 2018–19 season, and made his senior debut on 6 October 2018 by starting in a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 30 October 2018, Peña was called up to the main squad for the first leg of

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tie with Cultural Leonesa in the Copa del Rey as a backup to Jasper Cillessen, being an unused substitute in the 1–0 away win. He also appeared on the bench for some occasions during the season as Cillessen and starter Marc-André ter Stegen were out injured. Peña once again featured on the bench for the main squad during the 2019–20 campaign, to cover for

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's absence due to injury. On 6 October 2020, Barcelona exercised the option on Peña's contract to extend it for a further two years.

Loan to Galatasaray

On 31 January 2022, Peña joined Galatasaray on loan for the remainder of the season. He made his professional debut in the Süper Lig on 6 February in a 1–1 draw at Alanyaspor under former Barcelona assistant Domènec Torrent, He had a record of two draws and as many wins before club icon

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began his return from injury; by the second half of March, after elimination from the UEFA Europa League by Barcelona, the Uruguayan won his place back.

Return to Barcelona

Peña returned to Barcelona as his loan deal expired, and made his official first team debut under manager

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in a 4–2 away win over Viktoria Plzeň in the UEFA Champions League on 1 November 2022. On 3 January 2023, Peña was registered as a first team player, and was handed the number 13 shirt left vacant by

, who had left for

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International career

Peña represented Spain at under-16, under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels, earning a combined total of 30 caps. He was a runner-up in the

2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (34th edition if the Under-16 era is included), the annual European international youth football championship contested by the men's under- ...

, being a first-choice throughout the tournament. His sole under-21 appearance was on 12 November 2020 against the Faroe Islands in Marbella, coming on at half time for Álvaro Fernández in a 2–0 win in qualification for the following year's European Championship. Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against

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on 8 June 2021. However, Peña did not play.

Career statistics

Honours

Barcelona Youth UEFA Youth League: 2017–18 Barcelona * Copa del Rey: 2020–21 *

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Spain U17 * UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Inaki 1999 births Living people Footballers from Alicante (city) Spanish footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Barcelona Atlètic players Galatasaray S.K. footballers FC Barcelona players Segunda División B players Primera Federación players Süper Lig players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey