Carles Aleñá
 Aleñá with Barcelona B in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carles Aleñá Castillo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Mataró, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2016 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Barcelona B | 83 | (18) |
| 2016– | Barcelona | 23 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Spain U17 | 16 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Spain U19 | 13 | (2) |
| 2019– | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2019 | |||
Carles Aleñá Castillo (born 5 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Barcelona.
Club career
Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aleñá moved to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2005 at the age of 7, after a successful trial.[2][3] Highly rated by the club,[4][5] he made his debut with the reserves on 29 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for David Babunski in a 0–0 Segunda División B home draw against CF Pobla de Mafumet.[6]
On 24 November 2015, Aleñá scored a spectacular goal in a UEFA Youth League game against Roma.[7] He scored his first senior goal on 19 December, in a Barcelona B 2–4 away loss to CD Eldense.[8]
Aleñá was first included in Barcelona's main squad on 10 February 2016,[9] remaining an unused substitute in their 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF in the second leg of Copa del Rey semi-finals.[10] He made his first team debut on 30 November of that year, starting and scoring the equalizer in an away draw against Hércules CF for the same scoreline, in the same competition.[11]
Aleñá made his La Liga debut on 2 April 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ivan Rakitić in a 4–1 away routing of Granada CF.[12] On 28 June, he signed a three-year professional deal with Barcelona, including a release clause of €75 million.[13] In July 2018, he was nominated for the prestigious Golden Boy award. On 4 December 2018, Aleñá was officially promoted to the first team, two days after scoring his first league goal for Barcelona against Villarreal CF.
After new signing Frenkie de Jong arrived to Barcelona, Aleñá gave up his number 21 shirt for De Jong and took the number 19 shirt instead.[14]
Personal life
Aleñá's father, named Francesc, was also a footballer. A forward, he played for several clubs in the 1980s and 1990s.[15]
Career statistics
- As of 14 December 2019[16]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 23 | 3 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 29 | 3 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Segunda División | 38 | 11 | — | 38 | 11 | ||||||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 8 | 3 | — | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 83 | 18 | — | 6 | 0 | 89 | 18 | |||||
| Barcelona | 2016–17 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 127 | 21 | ||
- ^ All appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
Honours
Barcelona
References
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 12 May 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Carles Aleñá, uno de los elegidos (Carles Aleñá, one of the chosen); Mundo Deportivo, 14 September 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ Carles Aleñá, una excepción (Carles Aleñá, an exception); Mundo Deportivo, 5 April 2017 Template:Es icon
- ^ Aleñá, el Maradona de la cantera (Aleñá, the Maradona of the youth system); Mundo Deportivo, 27 September 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Así es Carles Aleñá, la nueva perla de la cantera azulgrana (So is Carles Aleñá, the new pearl of Barcelona's youth system); Marca, 19 February 2016 Template:Es icon
- ^ Un penalti fallado en el 90' impide el primer triunfo del Barça B (A missed penalty in the 90th minute prevents the first triumph of Barça B); Sport, 29 August 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ Watch Carles Aleñá's stunning goal for Barcelona; UEFA, 24 November 2015
- ^ "CD Eldense-Barça B: Derrota para cerrar el año (4-2)" [Eldense CD-Barça B: Defeat to end the year (4-2)] (in Spanish). 19 December 2015.
- ^ FC Barcelona announce squad for Mestalla; FC Barcelona, 10 February 2016
- ^ Barça salvage 1–1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia; Reuters, 10 February 2016
- ^ Otro petardazo del Barça (Another firecracker from Barça); Marca, 30 November 2016 Template:Es icon
- ^ Carles Aleñá: un debut de cinco minutos (Carles Aleñá: a five-minute debut); Sport, 2 April 2017 Template:Es icon
- ^ Carles Aleñá agrees to new FC Barcelona contract; FC Barcelona, 28 June 2017
- ^ Anwankwo, Akan (15 July 2019). "Carles Alena gives up No.21 shirt to new signing". Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Carles Aleñá: "No me llamo Carles, me llamo Pivaldo" (Carles Aleñá: "My name is not Carles, call me Pivaldo"); Sport, 14 September 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ Carles Aleñá at Soccerway
External links
- Profile at the FC Barcelona website
- Carles Aleñá at BDFutbol
- Carles Aleñá at Soccerway
