Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Laia Aleixandri López[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 August 2000 [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester City | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Arrabal Calaf | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Sant Gabriel | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Atlético Madrid | 115 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Manchester City | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Spain U-17 | 30 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Spain U-19 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2023 | Spain U-20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Spain | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:35, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC) |
Laia Aleixandri López (born 25 August 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as defender for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Spain national team.[3]
In January 2020, she was named by UEFA as one of the 10 most promising young players in Europe.[4]