Paula Comendador
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| National team | Spain women's U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 2007, Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1,66 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's soccer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward, Left Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Primera Federaćion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Madrid CFF (2015–2021) Real Madrid Cadete (2021–2022) Real Madrid Juvenil (2022–2023) Real Madrid Femenino B (2023–present) Real Madrid Femenino (2024–present)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Spain U17 (2022–2024) Spain U19 (2024–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paula Comendador Prado (born 12 January 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federación club Real Madrid Femenino B.[2] She is a Spanish international with the Spain women's national under-19 football team.
Professional career
Comendador 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.[3] In the 2022–23 season, she was part of the A-Juvenil squad and won the title in her category again with the Merengues.[4] 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 professional squad on 26 November 2023, in a Spanish Primera División match against Sporting de Huelva, coming on as a second-half substitute for Hayley Raso.[5]
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.[6]
National team
Comendador began playing with the Spanish U-17 national team on 22 September 2022 during a Euro 2023 qualifier against Belgium.[7] The Spanish team reached the final, where they lost 3–2 to France. Comendador started all five matches in the tournament and scored one goal.
In 2024, she played in the U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic, where Spain's team finished runner-up, losing the final match on penalties to North Korea.[8]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 3 November 2024
| Year | National team | Apps | Goals |
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| 2023 | Spain U17 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Spain U17 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | Spain U19 | 7 | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 9 | |
Honours
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[9]
- 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
- ^ "Real Madrid fail to get off to a winning start". realmadrid.com. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "20 Pau C." realmadrid.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.