Júlia Bartel Holgado (; born 18 May 2004) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from Chelsea, and represents Spain national under-23 team.

Club career

Bartel played for amateur clubs such as UE Castellbisbal and Sant Cugat FC as a junior before joining

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's youth team. In 2019 she chose to sign with

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when she was 15 years old. After two years playing for youth and reserve teams of the club, she made her debut for the first team on 27 June 2021 against

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(replacing

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who was playing her final game for the club); at 17 years and one month old, Bartel became the fourth-youngest player to have ever played for the main team. On 16 April 2022, in her third game and first start, Bartel made an assist against

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for a goal scored by

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. She played exclusively for the B-team in the 2022–23 season, something which continued in the first half of 2023–24, though she made her

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debut on 13 December 2023 as Barcelona defeated

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6–0 in Sweden. On 27 June 2024, Bartel announced she was leaving Barcelona; it had previously been reported that

champions Chelsea would be signing her. On 3 July, Bartel signed a three-year contract with Chelsea, with the option to extend for an additional year. For the second half of the 2024–25 season, Bartel was loaned to

on 9 January 2025.

International career

Despite the

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delaying major youth national tournaments in 2020, Bartel has amassed extensive experience playing for many junior levels of Spain's national team. She scored an impressive goal against

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on 9 April 2022, and was one of the key proponents for Spain to reach the final round of 2022 UEFA Championship, having appeared in all six games played by Spain throughout the qualification phase.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Barcelona B *

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, 2023–24 Barcelona *

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: 2023–24 *

: 2023–24 Spain U19 *

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Spain U20 *

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

Júlia Bartel
at Chelsea F.C. *
Júlia Bartel
at Flashscore * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartel, Júlia 2004 births Living people Footballers from Terrassa Spanish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Spain women's youth international footballers Liga F players Sportswomen from Catalonia Segunda Federación (women) players FC Barcelona Femení B players FC Barcelona Femení players Chelsea F.C. Women players Liverpool F.C. Women players Primera Federación (women) players Women's Super League players 21st-century Spanish sportswomen