.jpg) Fornals with West Ham United in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pablo Fornals Malla[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1996[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Castellón, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 28 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Spain U21 | 17 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Spain | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:04, 10 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
- ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 30 de marzo de 2019, en Vigo" [Minutes of the match held on 30 March 2019, in Vigo] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Pablo Fornals" (in Spanish). Eurosport. Retrieved 16 September 2019.