Dro Fernández
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Fernández Sarmiento | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Nigrán, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ED Val Miñor Nigrán | |||
| 2022– | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Barcelona B | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Barcelona | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Spain U15 | 8 | (2) |
| 2023 | Spain U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | Spain U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2025– | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
Pedro Fernández Sarmiento (born 12 January 2008), known as Dro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Segunda Federación team Barcelona Atlètic.[1]
Club career
[edit]Youth career
[edit]Dro joined Val Minor at the age of 4. Here he was coached by former Barcelona player and scout Jose Antonio Covelo.[2]
Dro joined Barcelona's academy in 2022 rejecting offers from Real Madrid and Real Betis.[2] In the 2024–25 season, he played for the Juvenil B and Juvenil A teams, as well as in the UEFA Youth League. He made a total of 38 appearances: 19 in Juvenil B (7 goals), 12 in Juvenil A (3 goals), and 7 in the UEFA Youth League (2 goals).
FC Barcelona
[edit]Dro is a graduate of the FC Barcelona football academy, known as La Masia.[3] In July 2025, Dro was included in the Barcelona first team for the pre-season tour to Japan and South Korea under coach Hansi Flick.[4] During the pre-season, he was subbed on for his debut and scored in the 87th minute to seal a 3–1 victory over Vissel Kobe.[5] Later that year, on 28 September, he made his senior debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Real Sociedad.[6] A month later, on 21 October, he made his UEFA Champions League debut and provided an assist in a 6–1 win over Olympiacos, becoming the second-youngest player to record an assist in the competition, only behind Giovanni Reyna.[7]
International career
[edit]Dro is a youth international for Spain, having been called up to the Spain U17s for a set of 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches in March 2025.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Spain, Dro is of Filipino descent through his mother.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 2 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2025–26 | Segunda Federación | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Barcelona | 2025–26 | La Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ^ Agua, Florance Del (28 July 2025). "Dro Fernández 'Next Paulino Alcántara' Scores for FC Barcelona". ALL-STAR. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ a b Westwood, James (21 November 2025). "Dro Fernandez: Barcelona's latest La Masia gem poised to follow in Andres Iniesta's footsteps". www.goal.com. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ^ Cardero, Jordi (26 July 2025). "Hansi Flick 'shields' his favorite talent from La Masia". Ara in English. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "The squad for the Asian Tour". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Clark, Gill (27 July 2025). "'I didn't even know how to celebrate!' - Dro Fernandez speaks out after scoring on Barcelona debut". Barca Blaugranes. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Dro Fernández makes competitive first team debut". FC Barcelona. 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Dro and Roony make Champions League debut for Barça". FC Barcelona. 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Lista de convocados para la Ronda 2 del Europeo sub-17" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Fútbol. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Dro Fernandez: Who Is Barcelona's Emerging Talent?". SI. 29 July 2025.
- 2008 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Nigrán
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spanish people of Filipino descent
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- FC Barcelona players
- Segunda Federación players
- La Liga players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football wingers