Elene Lete
_(cropped).jpg) Lete with Real Sociedad in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Elene Lete Para | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 May 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zumarraga, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Real Sociedad | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Urola | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Urola | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Real Sociedad B | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Real Sociedad | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Spain | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Elene Lete Para (born 7 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga F club Real Sociedad and the Spain national team.
Club career[edit]
Lete started playing football in school at the Colegio La Salle Legazpi as a striker. Once she started playing for Urola KE, her local team in Zumarraga, she discovered her skill at goalkeeping, and began her career there.[3][4][5] In 2018 she was signed by Real Sociedad and was the starting goalkeeper for their reserve team. In 2019 she became the substitute goalkeeper for the main team[6] and was part of the squad that won the Copa de la Reina. She made her debut in the Primera División on 30 May 2021 against Santa Teresa.[3] After Mariasun Quiñones transferred to Athletic Club a month later, Lete became the starting goalkeeper.
Lete won the Zamora trophy for the 2021–22 season as Real Sociedad finished runners-up and achieved their first qualification for the Champions League; she kept a clean sheet in eleven matches and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game. In February 2023, the club announced that it would renew Lete's contract through to the end of the 2024–25 season. As goalkeeper she was key to the "txuri-urdin" squad, although Adriana Nanclares kept goal in some matches.[7]
International play[edit]
Lete has been selected for Spain in the Under-17, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-23 categories.[3][8] She was set to be involved in the 2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup, however a leg injury forced her to withdraw from the squad.[9]
In 2023 Lete was selected for the Spain senior team[10] and made her debut against the Czech Republic, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win. However, she did not make the final selection for the 2023 FIFA World Cup squad.[11]
Honours[edit]
Spain
References[edit]
- ^ Elene Lete at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Elene Lete". BDFutbol. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "ELENE LETE EL MURO DE LA LIGA". Press Reader (in Spanish). 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Elene Lete" (in Spanish). Txapeldunak. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Elene Lete Para - Portera Real Sociedad SAD - Futboleras". futboleras.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Elene Lete zumarragarra Realaren lehen taldera igo da". Otamotz (in Basque). 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Elene Lete prolonga su contrato con la Real Sociedad hasta 2025". EITB. 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "La Selección Sub-19 arranca hoy su concentración en Marbella". AS.com (in Spanish). 15 February 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Lasagabaster, Amaia U. (31 July 2022). "Elene Lete se queda sin Mundial" [Elene Lete is left without the World Cup]. naiz.eus (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Lete, Oroz y Paredes, convocadas por la selección española para jugar los partidos contra Noruega y China". EITB (in Spanish). 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Goalkeepers". Spain Women's World Cup 2023 squad: Who's in & who's out?. Goal. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "Women's Nations League final: World Cup winners Spain beat France 2–0 in Seville". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.