 Aleixandri with Atlético Madrid in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 29 | (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 | 22 | (2) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:11, 12 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:26, 11 December 2023 (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]
Aleixandri represented Spain at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3] She made her senior debut on 17 May 2019 in a friendly against Cameroon. She scored her first international goal in that match. In 2023, she was part of Las 15, a group of 15 players that withdrew themselves from the national team in a rift with the national team coach Jorge Vilda.[5][6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other[c] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2017–18 | Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Primera División | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Primera División | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Primera División | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Primera División | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Total | 105 | 8 | 8 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 8 | |||
| Manchester City | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 134 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 174 | 10 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 17 May 2019 | Estadio Pedro Escartín, Guadalajara, Spain |  Cameroon |
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 16 September 2021 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
10–0 | 10–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
