Paula Comendador
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| Full name | Paula Comendador Prado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 January 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, Left Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Madrid CFF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Real Madrid B | 52 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Real Madrid | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Spain U17 | 29 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U19 | 17 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paula Comendador Prado (born 12 January 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Spain women's national under-19 football team.
Club career
[edit]Pau joined Madrid CFF at the age of eight. She spent six seasons at the club before becoming a part of Real Madrid Femenino in the summer of 2021, where she initially played for the U-16s and won the Madrid Championship.[1] In the 2022–23 season, she was part of the A-Juvenil squad and won the title in her category again with the Merengues.[2] On 10 September 2023, she made her debut for the B team in a match against Rayo Vallecano of the Second Women's Federation.
Comendador made her debut for Real Madrid's first squad on 26 November 2023, in a Liga F match against Sporting de Huelva, coming on as a second-half substitute for Hayley Raso.[3]
On 25 May 2025, Comendador's team won the Torneo Juvenil Femenino for the second year in a row, scoring the only goal in the final, a 1–0 win over Barcelona Juvenil. Comendador was named the tournament's MVP after scoring five goals in four matches.[4]
Pau was promoted to the Real Madrid first team on July 24, 2025.[5] Signing a contract until 2027, becoming the 2nd ever academy player to get promoted to the first team after Carla Camacho in 2023. She will wear the number 5 shirt for the 2025-26 season.
International career
[edit]Pau began playing with the Spanish U-17 national team on 22 September 2022 during an Under-17 Euro 2023 qualifier against Belgium.[6] Spain reached the final of Under-17 Euros, where they lost 3–2 to France. Pau started all five matches of the tournament and scored one goal.[7]
In 2024, Pau was called up for the U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, where Spain finished runner-up, losing the final match on penalties to North Korea.[8] She won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer scoring 5 goals and Silver ball as the tournament's second best player[9]
Pau was called up for round 2 of the UEFA Under-19 Euros qualifiers, she scored a first half hattrick in matchday 2 in an eventual 4-0 win over Scotland.
Pau was called up by Javier Lerga for the 2025 Under-19 Euros, she started every match except the opening match vs Portugal which they ended up winning 2-0, they went on to beat France 4-0 in the final and retained the title for the 4th consecutive time, She assisted once in the tournament vs Italy.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | UWCL | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid B | 2023–24 | Segunda Federación | 26 | 7 | – | – | – | 26 | 7 | |||
| 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 26 | 6 | – | – | – | 26 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 13 | – | – | – | 52 | 13 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 2023–24 | Liga F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Liga F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 14 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 27 July 2025
| Year | National team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Spain U17 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Spain U17 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | Spain U19 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | Spain U23 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | Spain U19 | 8 | 4 |
| Total | 21 | 9 | |
Honours
[edit]Real Madrid Juvenil
- Torneo Juvenil Femenina: 2024, 2025
Real Madrid B
- Segunda Federacion: 2023–24
Real Madrid
Spain U17
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2023[11]
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup runner-up: 2024[8]
Spain U19
Individual
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Golden Boot: 2024
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Silver Ball: 2024
- Torneo Juvenil Femenino Most Valuable Player: 2025
References
[edit]- ^ "Termina la temporada oficial del Cadete Femenino que fue campeón de liga". adnblanco.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "El Juvenil Femenino se proclama campeona del segundo título de liga". adnblanco.com (in Spanish). 3 June 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Marta Griñán (26 November 2023). "Manita para aliviar la crisis". As (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "El Real Madrid CF vuelve a conquistar el Torneo Juvenil Femenino | www.rfef.es". rfef.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "REAL MADRID C.F. - ERROR". www.realmadrid.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Juego brillante, goles y contundencia: la firma de España en su debut en la Ronda 1 (4–0)". rfef.es (in Spanish). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ UEFA.com. "The official website for European football". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Corea del Norte derrotó a España y se consagró campeón del Mundial Sub-17 Femenino". DSports (in Spanish). 3 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "The Dominican Republic 2024 award winners". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship", Wikipedia, 30 June 2025, retrieved 19 July 2025
- ^ "Spain 2–3 France: First French title after Women's U17 EURO final thriller". UEFA.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-1 Netherlands (aet)". uefa.com. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "UEFA Women's Under-19 EURO final highlights and report: France 0-4 Spain". uefa.com. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Paula Comendador at Real Madrid (in Spanish)
- Paula Comendador at BDFutbol
- Paula Comendador on Instagram