Mapi León

Mapi León
Personal information
Full name	María Pilar León Cebrián
Date of birth	13 June 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left fullback, centre-back
Team information
Current team	Barcelona
Number	14
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2011	Prainsa Zaragoza B
2011–2013	Prainsa Zaragoza
2013–2014	Espanyol
2014–2017	Atlético Madrid
2017–	Barcelona
International career
2016–	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name 2 María Pilar León Cebrián (born 13 June 1995), commonly known as Mapi León, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.

Career

After playing a first year in the Spanish Primera División with Prainsa Zaragoza, Mapi joined RCD Espanyol^[1] in 2013, where she remained until only one season, before signing to Atlético de Madrid.^[2]

On 24 August 2017, León was transferred to Barcelona by €50,000, becoming the first paid transfer in the history of the Spanish women's football.^[3]

Her match debut happened on 15 September 2016, coming on as a substitute during Spain's UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 13–0 win against Montenegro in Las Rozas de Madrid.

León is openly lesbian.^[4]

^ Mapi León and Cláudia Neto, news signings for the Espanyol
^ "La zaragozana María León ficha por el Atlético de Madrid" [Zaragozan Mapi León signs for Atlético de Madrid] (in Spanish). Espíritu Deportivo. 7 August 2014.
^ "La aragonesa Mapi León firma por el Barça" [Aragonese Mapi León signs for Barça] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Mapi León: "Ya nos tocaba no estar a la sombra"" [Mapi León: "It was already our turn not to be in the shade"] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018. I do not need to shout to everyone that I am a lesbian, but I do believe that society needed it