Full name Pablo Fornals Malla Name Pablo Fornals Role Footballer | Number 31 Height 1.78 m 2003–2008 Villarreal | |
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Date of birth (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 19) Place of birth Castellon de la Plana, Spain Current team Malaga CF (#31 / Midfielder) | ||
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Pablo Fornals - Assists & Goals 2018
Pablo Fornals Malla (born 22 February 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF mainly as an attacking midfielder.
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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. 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. 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.
On 4 December 2016, Fornals scored a brace in a 2–2 draw at Valencia CF. The following 24 July, he moved to fellow league team Villarreal CF, club he already represented as a youth, after agreeing to a five-year contract.
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. On 17 May, he was called up to the full squad by Vicente del Bosque for an international friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina; he made his debut twelve days later, replacing Mikel San José in the 3–1 win at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
