Ainize Barea

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Peke Barea
Personal information
Full name Ainize Barea Nuñez
Date of birth (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Arrigorriaga, Spain[2]
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Athletic Club
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2015 Ugao
2015–2017 Santa Teresa 29 (7)
2017–2021 Deportivo La Coruña 80+ (54+)
2021–
Athletic Club
45 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:14, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Ainize Barea Nuñez (born 25 January 1992), often known as Peke Barea, is a Spanish

Athletic Club
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Club career

Barea started her career at CD Ugao (based in

International career

Barea earned her first call up for the Spain national team in a UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying match against Moldova in September 2020.[10] She did not play in the match.[11]

Personal life

Until the age of 12, Barea played both football and Basque pelota.[4] Barea remarked that her family were supportive of her career in sports.[5] In 2019, Barea took part in a strike with the aim of improving the salaries paid to women's footballers in Spain. She is a professional footballer as she derives her entire income from the sport.[12]

References

  1. ^ Ainize Barea at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Peke". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Peke". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b Menayo, David (1 February 2016). "Ainize Barea, de pelotari a futbolista de Primera". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b Jiménez, Mayca (10 October 2019). "Peke: "En el Depor he vuelto a disfrutar del fútbol"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Ainize Barea, 'Peke': "Al Athletic siempre lo he tenido ahí, pero en el Dépor apuestan por mí"". Deia (in Spanish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Peke, segundo fichaje del Deportivo Abanca" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  8. ^ "El Athletic ficha a Ainize Barea 'Peke', goleadora del Deportivo" (in Basque). Naiz. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  9. ^ Zaballa, Carlos (27 July 2021). "Peke: "Si no coges este tren, se puede pasar de largo"". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  10. ^ "España quiere dar en Moldavia un paso hacia la Eurocopa". El Correo (in Spanish). 18 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Goleada escandalosa de España dedicada a Virginia Torrecilla". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 19 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  12. ^ Heredia, Sergio (24 October 2019). ""¿La huelga de las futbolistas? Hay que pensar en el futuro"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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