Alba Pomares López (born 29 August 1995) is a Spanish football forward currently playing for

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Club career

Pomares missed just under a year of football after injuring her

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in a match against

while playing for

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. After playing seven seasons at Espanyol, she left the Catalan club and signed with Fundación Albacete in 2017. In her first season at Albacete, she, again, injured her anterior cruciate ligament, this time against Levante, and faced another lengthy absence.

International career

Pomares scored the only goal in extra time of the final of the 2011 U-17 European Championship against

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to give the Spanish U-17 national team its second European Championship title in a row. Following the match, her teammates all signed the ball, which she kept as a souvenir. She also received a congratulatory phone call from Spain international

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References

1995 births Living people Spanish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Liga F players RCD Espanyol (women) players Fundación Albacete players Spain women's youth international footballers Queens League players {{Spain-women-footy-bio-stub