Clàudia Pina Medina is a professional Spanish footballer who plays primarily as a striker for FC Barcelona Femení and the Spain women’s national team.
Born on 12 August, 2001 in Barcelona, her footballing prowess was evident from her early days.
CONSISTENCY & DEDICATION
When Clàudia Pina was little, she and her father created a makeshift target by climbing a ladder to the top of their home’s terrace and hanging a vest over the corner.
She’d practise firing balls at the target for hours on end, drilling in accuracy, precision, and concentration from a young age.
100 GOALS IN 20 GAMES
Claudia joined Barcelona’s youth academy in 2013 and made an instant impression.
In only her second season, she scored an astonishing 100 goals in 20 matches for the club’s youth team – all the practise kicking balls at the vest was clearly paying off.
SHE QUICKLY PROGRESSED THROUGH THE RANKS
Clàudia Pina enjoyed an almost meteoric rise through the Barcelona youth ranks, making a name for herself at every level.
So it was almost inevitable that she would progress into the senior team – but that happened quicker than most people expected.
Pina made her first official appearance for the FC Barcelona first team in January 2018, aged just 16 years and 5 months. At the time, she was the youngest player ever to play for a senior Barça team in an official match.
CLAUDIA HAS HELPED BARCELONA WIN MULTIPLE TITLES
Clàudia Pina has become an indispensable part of the FC Barcelona team, helping them win:
- 5 Liga F / Primera División (Spanish league) titles.
- 4 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol (Queen’s Cup).
- 6 Supercopa de España Femenina (Super Cups).
- 2 UEFA Women’s Champions League titles.
SHE REACHED A MASSIVE MILESTONE IN JANUARY 2026
On 14 January 2026, Clàudia Pina reached the incredible milestone of 200 first-team appearances for FC Barcelona – eight years to the day since she made her debut.
Of those 200 appearances, 132 were in the Liga F; 41 in the UEFA Women’s Champions League; 15 in the Copa de la Reina; seven in the Spanish Super Cup; and five in the Copa Catalunya.
PINA HAS SCORED 94 GOALS ACROSS THOSE FIRST-TEAM APPEARANCES
At the time that Claudia reached her appearance milestone, she’d also scored a phenomenal 94 goals across all competitions, including 62 in the Liga F and 18 in the Champions League. In fact, she was the top goal-scorer in the 24/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League.
The rest of her impressive goal tally came from games in the Copa de la Reina, the Super Cup and the Copa Catalunya.
‘The Pina’ Special
Clàudia Pina has become famed not just for the number of goals she scores, but also for their quality.
She’s known for her incredible shooting skills, racking up multiple top-corner long-range goals – just like this one against Chelsea.
In fact, she’s so well-known for her top-bins efforts that her friends now joke that they’re going to patent these strikes and call them ‘The Pina’.
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