Salma Paralluelo

Salma Celeste Paralluelo Ayingono (born 13 November 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer and former sprinter who plays as a left winger for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paralluelo and the second or maternal family name is Ayingono.
Salma Paralluelo
Paralluelo in 2019
Personal information
Full name Salma Celeste Paralluelo Ayingono
Date of birth (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 17
Youth career
San José
Zaragoza CFF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Zaragoza CFF B
Zaragoza CFF
2019–2022 Villarreal 37 (23)
2022– Barcelona 5 (4)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U17 20 (9)
2022 Spain U19 3 (1)
2022 Spain U20 5 (3)
2022– Spain 2 (3)
Honours
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
First place2018 Lithuania
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
First place2018 Uruguay
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
First place2022 Costa Rica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2022

Early life

Paralluelo was born in Zaragoza to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean Fang mother.

Club career

Paralluelo is a UD San José product. She has played for Zaragoza CFF and Villarreal in Spain. She is also a 2022 FIFA Puskás Award nominee.

International career

Paralluelo is eligible to play for Spain or Equatorial Guinea. Representing the former, she won the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 7-0 friendly home win over Argentina.

Career Statistics

Club
As of 4 April 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other UWCL Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Villarreal 2021–22 Primera División 8310--93
Barcelona 2022–23 15101[lower-alpha 1]22[lower-alpha 2]1612414
Career total 23132221613317
  1. Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  2. Appearances in Supercopa de España

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2022Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain Argentina3–07–0Friendly
2.4–0
3.5–0
4.6 April 2023Estadi Municipal de Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain Norway3–14–2
5.4–1

Honours

Club
FC Barcelona

International
Spain U17
Spain U20

Athletics

As an athlete, Paralluelo began her career at the San José Athletics club in Zaragoza and shortly after joined the Scorpio-71 club in Zaragoza. In late 2019 she went to Playas de Castellón. She won her first medal at the 2019 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships, winning bronze in the 400-meter test with a mark of 53.83s, a Spanish national record in the sub-18 and sub-20 categories. Her result also allowed her to participate in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, being the second youngest athlete in history to do so, after the Norwegian walker Kjersti Tysse.

In the outdoor season, in the third race of her entire life over the 400 meter hurdles, during the Ibero-American Athletics Meeting in Huelva, Paralluelo ran a time of 57.43, beating the all-time best Spanish sub-18 record and also breaking that years sub-18 world best time. With this result she was also qualified for the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where she won two gold medals in the 400m hurdles event with a time of 57.95.

References
  1. "Salma Paralluelo Women's First Division". La Liga. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. "PARALLUELO – 11". Villarreal CF. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. "Player profile". FlashScore. Retrieved 4 April 2023.


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