Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carles Aleñá Castillo | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Mataró, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Barcelona B | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2016 | Barcelona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Barcelona B | 36 | (3) |
2016– | Barcelona | 2 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Spain U17 | 14 | (3) |
2015– | Spain U19 | 11 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2017 |
Carles Aleñá Castillo (born 5 January 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central midfielder.
Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aleñá moved to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2005 at the age of 7, after a successful trial. Highly rated by the club, he made his debut with the reserves on 29 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for David Babunski in a 0–0 Segunda División B home draw CF Pobla de Mafumet.
On 24 November 2015, Aleñá scoring a spectacular goal in a UEFA Youth League game against Roma. He scored his first senior goal on 19 December, in a Barça B 2–4 away loss to CD Eldense.
Aleñá was first included in Barcelona's main squad on 10 February 2016, remaining an unused substitute in their 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF in the second leg of Copa del Rey semi-finals. He made his first team debut on 30 November of that year, starting and scoring the equalizer in an away draw against Hércules CF for the same scoreline, in the same competition.
Aleñá made his La Liga debut on 2 April 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ivan Rakitić in a 4–1 away routing of Granada CF.