Laura Ràfols
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Laura Ràfols Parellada | ||
Date of birth | 23 June 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2004 | Atlètic Vilafranca | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Barcelona B | ||
2007–2018 | Barcelona | 158+ | (0) |
National team | |||
2007–2008 | Spain U-19 | 8 | (0) |
2014–201? | Catalonia | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Laura Ràfols Parellada (born 23 June 1990) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She served as the captain for Barcelona, and also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
Career
Club
Ràfols started playing football for Atlètic Vilafranca's boys team at the age of five, since at the time there was no female exclusive team for her age range. After three years she joined their girls team and remained a member of the club until joining Barcelona at the age of 14. After a temporary relegation to the second division during 2007–08, Barcelona achieved many trophies with Ràfols as their number one goalkeeper including four consecutive league titles from 2012 until 2015; in each of those years she conceded the fewest goals among the league's goalkeepers.
International
Ràfols was one of the goalkeepers for the Spain under-19 team that participated in 2008 UEFA Championship. She was also captain of the Catalonia's national team.
Education
She has a degree in sports physiotherapy and a master degree in physical activity, health and training.
Honours
Club
- FC Barcelona
- Primera División (4): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Segunda División: 2007–08
- Copa de la Reina de Fútbol (4): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017.
- Copa Catalunya (8): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Spanish women's footballers
- Footballers from Catalonia
- Primera División (women) players
- FC Barcelona Femení players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- People from Vilafranca del Penedès
- FC Barcelona Femení B players
- Sportswomen from Catalonia
- Spanish football goalkeeper stubs
- Spanish women's football biography stubs