Estanislau "Estanis" Pedrola Fortuny (born 24 August 2003) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria. Sampdoria was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the ...

Club career

Born in

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, Pedrola joined

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

's youth setup in 2014, from local side

CF Reus Deportiu Club de Futbol Reus Deportiu, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Reus, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it last competed in the Segunda Division (while its B team competed in the Tercera Division) before ...

. Released in 2019, he subsequently returned to Reus before joining

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in June 2021, for the ''Juvenil A'' squad. Pedrola made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 November 2021, coming on as a late substitute for Ferran Jutglà in a 2–0

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away loss against

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. He scored his first senior goal on 12 December, netting the equalizer for the B's in a 3–1 home win over

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. Pedrola made his first team – and

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– debut on 2 January 2022, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 1–0 away success over

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. On 11 August 2023, Pedrola signed a four-year contract with Italian club

. He spent the 2023–24 season on loan, and then Sampdoria held an obligation to purchase his rights on a permanent basis. On 3 February 2025, Pedrola joined

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club

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on loan with an option to buy.

Personal life

Pedrola was named after his great-grandfather, also named Estanislau, who fought in

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and died in a

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Barcelona B *

División de Honor Juvenil de Fútbol The División de Honor Juvenil is the top level of the Spanish football league system for youth players 19 years old and under. The División de Honor is administered by the RFEF through the ''Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado (LNFA)''. Format ...

: 2021–22 Bologna *

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: 2024–25

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedrola, Estanis 2003 births Living people People from Baix Camp Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primera Federación players La Liga players Serie B players Serie A players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players UC Sampdoria players Bologna FC 1909 players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Spanish sportsmen