Pablo Fornals

Pablo Fornals
Personal information
Full name Pablo Fornals Malla
Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996
Place of birth Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Málaga
Number 31
Youth career
2003–2008 Villarreal
2008–2012 Castellón
2012–2014 Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Málaga B 41 (12)
2015– Málaga 36 (4)
National team‡
2016– Spain U21 1 (0)
2016– Spain 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2016
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fornals and the second or maternal family name is Malla.

Pablo Fornals Malla (born 22 February 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF mainly as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Castellón de la Plana, Valencian Community, Fornals joined Málaga CF's youth setup in 2012 at the age of 16, from CD Castellón.[1] He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2014–15 campaign, in Tercera División.

Fornals made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 26 September 2015, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Real Madrid.[2] Two months and two days later, he scored his first top-flight goal in a 2–2 draw with fellow Andalusians Granada CF at La Rosaleda Stadium, finding the net four minutes after replacing Duda.[3]

On 4 December 2016, Fornals scored a brace in a 2–2 deaw at Valencia CF.[4]

International career

On 28 March 2016, Fornals made his international debut with Spain under-21s by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win against Norway at the Estadio Nueva Condomina.[5] On 17 May, he was called up to the full squad by Vicente del Bosque for an international friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina;[6] he made his debut twelve days later, replacing Mikel San José in the 3–1 win at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen, Switzerland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sellada la renovación de Pablo, a corto plazo en la órbita del primer equipo" [Sealed the renewal of Pablo, short-time target for the first team] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kameni para al Madrid" [Kameni stops Madrid] (in Spanish). Marca. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fornals, la última perla del Málaga" [Fornals, Málaga's latest pearl] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fornals borra la sonrisa de Prandelli" [Fornals wipes Prandelli's smile] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pablo Fornals debuta con la sub´21 y se gusta" [Pablo Fornals debuts with the under-21 and impresses] (in Spanish). La Opinión de Málaga. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Pablo called-up to join Spain's first team". Málaga CF. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nolito endulza un duelo atípico" [Nolito sweetens an atypical duel] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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