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Pablo Fornals
Spanish footballer (born 1996) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pablo Fornals Malla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo foɾˈnals]; born 22 February 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Spain national team.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fornals and the second or maternal family name is Malla.
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![]() Fornals with West Ham United in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Pablo Fornals Malla[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Castellón, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Betis | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Villarreal | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Castellón | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Málaga | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Málaga B | 41 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Málaga | 59 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Villarreal | 70 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2024 | West Ham United | 152 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Betis | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Spain U21 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Spain | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:16, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:44, 11 November 2021 (UTC) |
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He amassed La Liga totals of 129 matches and 12 goals over four seasons, with Málaga and Villarreal. In 2019, he signed with West Ham United, where he made over 200 appearances and won the UEFA Europa Conference League in 2023.
Fornals made his senior debut for Spain in 2016.