Pau Cubarsí
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| Full name | Pau Cubarsí i Paredes[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 January 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bescanó,Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Girona | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Barcelona B | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Barcelona | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021-2022 | Spain U15 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U16 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U17 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:46, 27 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Pau Cubarsí i Paredes(born 22 January 2007) is a Spanish professionalfootballerwho plays as acentre-backforLa LigaclubBarcelonaand theSpain national team.Known for his distribution, defensive positioning and game intelligence, he is considered to be one of the best young players in the world.[3][4][5]
Early and personal life
[edit]Pau Cubarsí i Paredes is fromBescanó,Girona,Catalonia.[6]
Cubarsí speaksCatalan.While playing for Spain at the Olympic Games in 2024, he said that he rarely takes part in interviews because he is not fluent speakingSpanish,having only ever lived in Catalonia and used his native language.[7]
Club career
[edit]Cubarsí began his career withGirona,before the move toBarcelonain 2018.[6]Having progressed through the academy, he became the third-youngest Barcelona player to debut in theUEFA Youth League,behindLamine YamalandIlaix Moriba,when he started in an eventual 1–1 draw with Czech sideViktoria Plzeň.[6]
In April 2023, he trained with the first team for the first time, having been called up by managerXavi.[8]He signed his first professional contract with the club three months later, on 8 July.[9]He was included in Barcelona's pre-season squad ahead of the 2023–24 season.[10]
On 18 January 2024, Cubarsí made his first team debut againstUnionistas de Salamancain theCopa del Rey,being subbed on in the 46th minute.[11]His first start came in the next match againstReal Betisin La Liga, a day before his 17th birthday.[12]On 12 March, he was named Player of the Match on hisUEFA Champions Leaguedebut in a 3–1 victory overNapoliin theround of 16second leg, in which he became the youngest player to debut at 17 years and 50 days in the competition's knockout phase, breaking formerBayern MunichdefenderDavid Alaba's previous record of 17 years and 258 days.[3][5]
On 10 April, Cubarsí has become the youngest defender to start in the quarter finals of the Champions League aged only 17 years and 79 days breaking the previous record held byCSKA Moscow'sGeorgi Shchennikov.[13]
On 9 May 2024,Barcelonaannounced that they had reached an agreement with Cubarsí for an extension until 30 June 2027.[14][15]
International career
[edit]Cubarsí has represented Spain from under-15 to under-17 level.[16]In March 2024, he was called up to the seniorSpainteam for the first time by coachLuis de la Fuente,debuting in a 1–0 friendly loss toColombia.[17]He came on as a substitute in the 83rd minute replacingAymeric Laporte,in which he became the youngest defender to ever play for Spain at the age of 17 years one month and 28 days, breaking the record previously held bySergio Ramosin 2005.[18]
On 27 May 2024, Cubarsí was named in the 29-man preliminary squad for theUEFA Euro 2024.[19]However, on 7 June, he was excluded from the final squad prior to the tournament.[20]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 26 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona Atlètic | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Barcelona | 2023–24 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
- ^abAppearances inUEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 29 October 2024[21]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain U15 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | |
| Spain U16 | 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| Spain U17 | 2023 | 12 | 0 |
| Spain U21 | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Spain U23 | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| Spain | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 27 | 1 | |
Honours
[edit]Spain U23
- Summer Olympicsgold medal:2024[22]
Individual
References
[edit]- ^UEFA (28 May 2023)."European Under-17 Championship 2023 Booking List before Semi-finals"(PDF).p. 2.
- ^"Pau Cubarsí".FC Barcelona.Retrieved12 October2024.
- ^ab"Barcelona teenage sensation Pau Cubarsi breaks club Champions League record in place for 20 years with man-of-the-match display in European debut against Napoli".Goal.13 March 2024.
- ^ab"Pau Cubarsi named LALIGA EA SPORTS Under-23 Player of the Month for March".La Liga.27 March 2024.Retrieved3 April2024.
- ^ab"FC Barcelona made a New Monster out of Pau Cubarsi".Soccersat.Retrieved26 March2024.
- ^abcGascón, Javier (1 November 2022)."Pau Cubarsí, 15 años, tercer debutante más joven del Barça en la UEFA Youth League"[Pau Cubarsí, 15 years old, Barça's third youngest debutant in the UEFA Youth League].Mundo Deportivo(in Spanish).Retrieved25 August2023.
- ^"Pau Cubarsí reconoce tener problemas para hablar en castellano:" He hablado toda la vida en catalán "".La Vanguardia(in Spanish). 26 July 2024.Retrieved27 July2024.
- ^"¿Quién es Pau Cubarsí?"[Who is Pau Cubarsí?].sport.es(in Spanish). 20 April 2023.Retrieved25 August2023.
- ^"Pau Cubarsí firma su continuidad en el Juvenil del FC Barcelona"[Pau Cubarsí signs his continuity in the Juvenil of FC Barcelona].sport.es(in Spanish). 8 July 2023.Retrieved25 August2023.
- ^Martí, Anaïs (10 July 2023)."Así transcurrió el primer entrenamiento del Barça de Xavi 23-24"[This is how Xavi's first Barça training session went 23-24].La Vanguardia(in Spanish).Retrieved25 August2023.
- ^"Unionistas de Salamanca 1–3 FC Barcelona: One step closer".FC Barcelona. 18 January 2024.
- ^"Record breaking XI against Betis".FC Barcelona. 21 January 2024.
- ^"Pau Cubarsí, a record breaking centre half".FC Barcelona. 10 April 2024.
- ^"Agreement to extend Pau Cubarsí contract to 2027".FC Barcelona.9 May 2024.
- ^Millar, Colin; Ballús, Pol."Barcelona's Cubarsi signs contract extension through to 2027".The Athletic.Retrieved9 May2024.
- ^Pau Cubarsíat WorldFootball.net
- ^"Pau Cubarsí vive en una nube: 17 años, puede hacer historia en la selección, titular con el Barça, MVP en Champions..."Marca(in Spanish). 15 March 2024.
- ^"Barcelona starlet Pau Cubarsi reacts to becoming Spain's youngest-ever defender in defeat to Colombia".Goal.23 March 2024.
- ^"Euro 2024 provisional squad".Royal Spanish Football Federation.27 May 2024.Retrieved30 May2024.
- ^"Official | Final Spain squad for the Euro 2024 finals".Royal Spanish Football Federation.7 June 2024.Retrieved7 June2024.
- ^Pau Cubarsíat National-Football-Teams
- ^Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024)."Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved9 August2024.
External links
[edit]- Profileat the FC Barcelona website
- Profileat the Royal Spanish Football Federation website(in Spanish)
- Pau Cubarsí–UEFAcompetition record (archive)
- 2007 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Girona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's international footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Primera Federación players
- Girona FC players
- FC Barcelona players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Spain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics