Raquel Pinel

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pinel and the second or maternal family name is Sáez.
Raquel Pinel
Personal information
Full name Raquel Pinel Sáez
Date of birth (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Jaén, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Alhama
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Real Jaén
2010–2011 Sporting Huelva 17 (2)
2011–2013 Valencia 61 (7)
2013–2014 Sant Gabriel 25 (5)
2014–2018 Aldaia
2018–2021 Sevilla 84 (18)
2021–2022 Villarreal 25 (1)
2022- Alhama 5 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Spain U17
2011–2013 Spain U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:40, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Raquel Pinel Sáez (born 30 August 1994) is a Spanish football forward currently playing for Alhama CF in the Primera División. She previously played for Sporting Huelva, Sevilla and Valencia.[1]

Club career

Pinel made her debut at 15 years of age for Real Jaén.[2] She later joined Sporting Huelva from which she transferred to Valencia in 2011. For Valencia, she won an individual award in the 2012 COTIF Women's Football Tournament, being awarded top scorer for scoring four goals during the tournament.[3] For the 2013–14 Primera División season, she moved to Sant Gabriel, where she would stay for one season. After that, she joined Aldaia, where she would be a regular for the first team. Aldaia never achieved promotion to the Primera División during her time there and, in 2018, she transferred to top tier club Sevilla.[4] At the end of the 2019–20 Primera División season, in which Pinel played in 19 out of 21 matches for Sevilla, scoring three goals, she renewed her contract with Sevilla for one further year.[5] Since 2019, Pinel has played as captain for Sevilla on occasion, sharing the responsibility with Maite Albarrán and Aldana Cometti.[6] In July 2021, after three and a half seasons at Sevilla, Pinel transferred to newly promoted Villarreal.[7]

International career

She has won the 2010 U-17 European Championships with Spain; in the tournament she scored against Denmark and the Netherlands.[8] She also represented Spain in the 2010 U-17 World Cup where she scored three goals, one against Japan, another against Brazil and the last of them was the only goal in the bronze medal match against North Korea.[9][10][11] In 2011, she participated in that year's U-17 European Championships, scoring a goal against Belgium in the group stages.[12] Pinel then progressed to representing the under-19 team and represented Spain in the 2012 U-19 European Championships. In the semi-final against Portugal, she scored the game's only goal three minutes before the end of the match, which secured them a place in the final.[13] In the final against Sweden, she played 89 minutes before being substituted in a game in which Spain lost.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Raquel Pinel". BDFutbol. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  2. ^ Esturillo, Javier (6 February 2018). "Raquel Pinel regresa a la élite". La Contra de Jaén (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ Gutiérrez, José A. (25 August 2012). "Raquel Pinel y María Alharilla brillan en el COTIF". Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ^ Moreno, Gilberto (3 February 2018). "Raquel Pinel vuelve a Primera División de la mano del Sevilla". Diario Jaén (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ^ Fernández, José (11 July 2020). "Raquel Pinel seguirá defendiendo la camiseta del Sevilla FC una temporada más". Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Maite Albarrán, Raquel Pinel y Aldana Cometti, capitanas del Sevilla FC Femenino". ABC (in Spanish). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ^ "La ex del Sevilla FC Raquel Pinel seguirá en Primera". Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Raquel Pinel es elegida para el Mundial de Trinidad y Tobago". Diario Jaén (in Spanish). 16 August 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Four-star Spain sink Japan". FIFA. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2021.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Las chicas derrotan a Brasil y se cuelan en semifinales". Marca (in Spanish). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. ^ "España logra un bronce brillante en el Mundial sub 17". Marca (in Spanish). 25 September 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. ^ Roldán, Isabel (9 April 2011). "España se impone a Bélgica por 2-0 y es líder en solitario". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. ^ Atkin, John (11 July 2012). "Last-gasp Spain end Portugal dream". UEFA. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Sweden vs Spain". UEFA. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2021.