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Salma Paralluelo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Paralluelo and the second or maternal family name is Ayingono.

Salma Celeste Paralluelo Ayingono (listenⓘ; born 13 November 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer and former sprinter who plays as a left winger for Liga F club Barcelona and the Spain national team. She is the first ever player to have won all three World Cups, having won the 2023 FIFA World Cup, 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and 2018 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2]

Salma Paralluelo
Paralluelo with Barcelona in 2024
Personal information
Full name Salma Celeste Paralluelo Ayingono
Date of birth (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 7
Youth career
San José
Zaragoza CFF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Zaragoza CFF B
Zaragoza CFF
2019–2022 Villarreal 37 (23)
2022– Barcelona 38 (31)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U17 20 (9)
2022 Spain U19 3 (1)
2022 Spain U20 5 (3)
2022– Spain 30 (13)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Winner 2022 Costa Rica
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Winner 2018 Uruguay
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Winner 2018 Lithuania
Women's athletics
Representing  Spain
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku Medley relay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:28, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:08, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Early life

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Paralluelo was born in Zaragoza to a Spanish father and an Equatorial Guinean Fang mother,[3][4] the latter having moved from Equatorial Guinea so that her son from a previous relationship with a severe congenital vision deficiency could receive better medical treatment in Spain.[4] In December 2012, when the young man was 21 years old, he disappeared in Zaragoza and his body was found the following month.[5][6] Apart from the aforementioned, she has two more brothers, José Jaime and Lorenzo, both footballers.[7]

Club career

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

She signed for FC Barcelona at the end of the 2021–22 season, after her contract with Villarreal ended.[8]

In the 2023–24 season, she scored four goals in the 7–1 away win against Real Sociedad,[9] one of two "pokers" on her way to being Barcelona's top goalscorer in all competitions (Caroline Graham Hansen eventually took the league Pichichi title) as the team won four trophies. Still struggling in some tougher games, her growth as a footballer "made leaps" in the season.[10]

International career

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Paralluelo (centre) with Spain teammates Aitana Bonmatí (left) and Ivana Andrés at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards

Paralluelo won the 2018 UEFA Under-17 Championship and the 2018 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In April 2021, her anterior cruciate ligament was torn during a match.[11]

She returned to win the 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup. She made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 7-0 friendly home win over Argentina.

She was included in the Spain squad list for the 2023 FIFA World Cup.[12] During the quarter-final match against the Netherlands on 11 August, she scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory after extra time, to qualify Spain for the first time in history into the semi-finals of a World Cup.[13]

On 15 August 2023, she scored a goal in Spain's 2–1 victory over Sweden to take her team to its first senior World Cup final.[14] After winning the final against England, in which she played as a starter, she was proclaimed the best young player of the tournament.[15]

Athletics

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As an athlete, Paralluelo began her career at the San José Athletics club in Zaragoza. She won the Jean Bouin road race in Barcelona from 2012 to 2016 in her age group. In June 2016, Paralluelo participated for the first time in the Spanish championships in her age group (U14) and won three disciplines (80 meters hurdles, shot put, 80 meters).[16] In 2017, she won the 60 meters hurdles at the U16 Spanish Indoor Championships and finished sixth in the 100 meters hurdles at the U16 National Outdoor Championships that summer.

She joined the Scorpio-71 club, the largest athletics club in Zaragoza.[17] In 2018, Paralluelo won the 300 meters at the Spanish U16 Indoor Championships in 39.46 s and finished second in the triple jump (12.06 meters) on the same day.[18] At her age group outdoor championships in July, she broke the all-time Spanish record in the non-Olympic 300 meters hurdles discipline with a winning time of 42.56.[19]

In the outdoor season, in the third race of her life over the 400 meters 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 year’s 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, and the medley relay.

In late 2019 she went to Playas de Castellón. She won her first senior 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.[20][21] Her result also allowed her to participate in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[22] At the age of 15 years and 108 days, she was the second youngest ever participant in a total of 35 European Indoor Championships, only behind Norwegian race walker Kjersti Tysse (15 years and 34 days in the 1987 edition).[23]

In July 2022, after signing a contract with FC Barcelona, Salma Paralluelo announced that she wanted to focus solely on football in the future, thus retiring her career in athletics.[24]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 June 2024[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Villarreal 2019–20 Segunda División Pro 12 5 0 0 – – 12 5
2020–21 17 15 0 0 – – 17 15
2021–22 Primera División 8 3 1 0 – – 9 3
Total 37 23 1 0 – – 38 23
Barcelona 2022–23 Liga F 18 11 1 2 9 1 2[c] 1 30 15
2023–24 19 20 4 4 11 6 2[c] 4 36 34
Total 37 31 5 6 20 7 4 5 66 49
Career total 74 54 6 6 20 7 4 5 104 72
  1. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Reina
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

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As of match played 6 August 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2022 2 3
2023 16 6
2024 12 4
Total 30 13
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Paralluelo goal.
List of international goals scored by Salma Paralluelo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 November 2022 Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain   Argentina 3–0 7–0 Friendly
2 4–0
3 5–0
4 6 April 2023 Estadi Municipal de Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain   Norway 3–1 4–2
5 4–1
6 5 July 2023 Gladsaxe Stadium, Gladsaxe, Denmark   Denmark 2–0 2–0
7 11 August 2023 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand   Netherlands 2–1 2–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
8 15 August 2023 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand   Sweden 1–0 2–1
9 5 December 2023 La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga, Spain   Sweden 1–1 5–3 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
10 5 April 2024 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium   Belgium 1–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
11 3–0
12 4–0
13 6 August 2024 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France   Brazil 2–4 2–4 2024 Summer Olympics

Honours

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FC Barcelona

Spain

Spain U20
Spain U17

Individual

Records

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Currently, Salma Paralluelo holds the following Spanish records in different age categories:[37]

Under-18

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  • 300m (38.60)
  • 300m hurdles (41.97)
  • 400m hurdles (57.36)
  • Medley relay (2:08.53, with Laura Pintiel, Esperança Cladera, and Carmen Avilés)
  • 400m indoor track (53.83)

Under-16

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  • 300m hurdles (42.56)
  • 300m indoor track (39.27)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Salma Paralluelo Women's First Division". La Liga. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Paralluelo crosses finish line with third winners' medal". FIFA.com. FIFA. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ Torrado, Sara Cuesta (November 2020). "Salma Paralluelo, la futbolista y velocista que bate todos los récords". El País.
  4. ^ a b "Continúa la búsqueda de Florencio Ayingono Eworo | Entrevista con su madre, Diosdada Ayingono". 21 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Denuncian la desaparición de un joven universitario en Zaragoza". 17 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Aparece sin signos de violencia el cadáver del universitario desaparecido en Zaragoza". 17 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Los hermanos Paralluelo brillan con fuerza en la 'Cantera Grogueta'". El Periódico Mediterráneo. 2 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Salma Paralluelo signs for FC Barcelona". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Salma fue el presente y el futuro del Barça en la goleada en Zubieta". www.sport.es (in Spanish). 10 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ Tikas, Maria (30 May 2024). "El 1x1 de una temporada perfecta". Diario Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Salma Paralluelo sufre la rotura del ligamento de su rodilla y se pierde el Mundial de relevos". MARCA (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  12. ^ "La lista oficial para el Mundial de Australia y Nueva Zelanda" [The official list for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 30 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's World Cup 2023: 'Great day' as Spain reach first semi-final despite off-field issues". BBC Sport. 11 August 2023.
  14. ^ Downey, Sophie (15 August 2023). "Spain reach their first Women's World Cup final as late winner sinks Sweden". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Salma Paralluelo, mejor jugadora joven del torneo: "Soy la mujer más feliz del mundo"". MARCA (in Spanish). 20 August 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  16. ^ Abad, Anna (25 October 2018). "▷ Una charla con Salma Paralluelo". SPORTARAGON.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  17. ^ Barcia, Igor (19 February 2019). "Salma Celeste, el talento más deseado". El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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  19. ^ "Aragón obtiene un brillante repóker en el Nacional sub-16". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  20. ^ "La deportista total tiene solo 15 años, es de Zaragoza y se llama Salma Paralluelo". Runner's World (in European Spanish). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  21. ^ Cabeza, Gonzalo (17 February 2019). "Salma Paralluelo se carga de razones para ser atleta... pero el fútbol también pide la vez". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Salma Paralluelo, un prodigio a dos bandas". www.elperiodico.com (in Spanish). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Salma Paralluelo, con 15 años, se despide en su debut en los 400 en los Europeos". El Español (in Spanish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Salma Paralluelo: "He flipado mucho con el nivel que hay en el Barça"". MARCA (in Spanish). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  25. ^ Salma Paralluelo at Soccerway
  26. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  27. ^ "Barcelona retains Women's Champions League title, completing historic quadruple". CNN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  28. ^ "Women's Nations League final: World Cup winners Spain beat France 2–0 in Seville". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  29. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup awards: Bonmati wins Golden Ball". FIFA. 20 August 2023. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  30. ^ "This just in... You have voted 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐎 as the 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 of the 433 Awards: 2022-23 Women's Talent of the Year! ✨💎". 433. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  31. ^ Trigo, Iván (7 October 2023). "Zaragoza distingue a sus hijos predilectos y adoptivos y entrega la Medalla de Oro al Grupo Carreras". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica.
  32. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST YOUTH (U20) PLAYER 2023". IFFHS. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  33. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  34. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S UEFA TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  35. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S YOUTH (U20) UEFA TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  36. ^ "Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff nominated at the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards : All you need to know". Tennis Clubhouse. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  37. ^ "Ranking". Atletismo RFEA (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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