Natalia Pablos

Natalia Pablos

Natalia with Bristol Academy in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón
Date of birth	(1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth	Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Rayo Vallecano
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2013	Rayo Vallecano
2013–2014	Bristol Academy	27	(12)
2015–2016	Arsenal	24	(11)
2016–	Rayo Vallecano
National team
	Spain U-19	16	(6)
2005–	Spain	22	(13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Natalia Teresa Pablos Sanchón (born 15 October 1985), known simply as Natalia, is a Spanish football forward who plays for English Primera División club Rayo Vallecano and the Spain women's national football team.

Until 2013 she was the captain of Rayo Vallecano women's team, where she played since the club's foundation in 2000. At Rayo, Natalia won three Leagues and one Spanish Cup. She was the league's top scorer of the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons with 24 and 29 goals respectively. In November 2012, she scored her 300th goal for Rayo, including almost 200 league goals. A few months later (March 2013) she was leaving the club having scored 311 goals in 324 matches overall.

In 2013, she joined compatriot Laura del Río at Bristol Academy in the English FA WSL. Bristol manager Mark Sampson called Natalia a female version of Swansea City's Spanish striker Michu.

In October 2014 Birmingham City's Karen Carney was fined, banned for one match and sent on an education course for an incident in July with Pablos.

In December 2014 Natalia announced that she had left Bristol Academy to join Arsenal Ladies. She was an unused substitute as Arsenal won the 2016 FA Women's Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, and Natalia and her compatriots Marta Corredera and Vicky Losada all left Arsenal at the end of the 2016 FA WSL season.