Vicky López

Vicky López is 20 years old. She was born in Madrid on 26 July 2006 [1] [2]. On 26 October 2026 she received the women's Kopa Trophy in London from Lucy Bronze, a former Barcelona player, and it was her second win in a row [4] [5]. EFE reports that she is the only player to have won the award in both editions held so far [4].

Signing for Barcelona on her 16th birthday

Barcelona signed her on 26 July 2022, her 16th birthday, on a five-season contract [2]. Before that she had made her Primera Iberdrola debut for Madrid CFF at 15 years and two months, the youngest player ever to debut in the league [2]. The club's announcement also called her one of the standout players at the recent U17 European Championship, where Spain finished runners-up [2].

At Barcelona she was registered with the reserve team but trained with the senior squad under Jonatan Giráldez at Sant Joan Despí [2]. She also lived and studied at La Masia, the club's academy [2].

Her first-team minutes and Liga F numbers

The club profile says she debuted with the first team in 2022/23, when she played 13 matches [1]. Liga F's league table lists 10 league matches and two goals for that season [9]. The same table gives eight league matches for Madrid CFF in 2021/22, with no goals [9].

The table then shows 23 matches and nine goals in 2023/24, 25 matches and 10 goals in 2024/25, and 28 matches, 10 goals and nine assists in 2025/26 [9]. Its 2026/27 entry, as of 28 October 2026, shows four matches and two goals so far [9].

Just Women's Sports gives a larger 2025/26 figure of 45 matches, 12 goals and 13 assists [3]. The club profile lists 45 matches and 12 goals for a second first-team season it does not name [1]. It is not stated which competitions that figure covers, so this page uses the league table for season totals.

Titles with Barcelona and Spain

The club profile lists four Liga F titles, one for each season from 2022/23 to 2025/26, three Copa de la Reina and four Supercopa de España [1]. The same profile lists two Champions League titles but names three seasons for them, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2025/26, so this page gives no figure for them [1].

Her national-team honours in that profile are the 2022 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where she also won the Golden Ball, and the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League [1]. The profile also places her in Spain's squad at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where Spain finished fourth [1], and lists a Golden Girl award for 2024 [1].

A call-up while studying

She learned she had been called up while she was studying for an exam [7]. It was her first call-up to the senior team, for the UEFA Women's Nations League final four, after playing until then in the youth categories [7]. She said she was nervous. “Era mi primera vez con algunas de ellas, pero el entrenamiento ha ido bien y estoy muy feliz de estar aquí”, which means it was her first time with some of them, but training had gone well and she was very happy to be there [7].

A Spain debut at 17

Vicky López made her senior debut for Spain on 23 February 2024, in the Nations League semi-final against the Netherlands [6]. Spain won 3-0. Jenni Hermoso and Aitana Bonmatí scored in the first half and Ona Batlle in the second [8].

She came on for Jenni Hermoso with a little over a quarter of an hour left, and the third goal came four minutes after she entered [8]. Coach Montse Tomé had asked her for more of the ball and a calmer tempo [8]. At 17 she was, according to El Desmarque, the youngest player to make a senior debut for Spain [6]. She said: “Soy vergonzosa. No me gustan estas cosas, pero agradezco el apoyo”, meaning she is shy, does not like such attention, but appreciated the support [8].

A midfielder who can play wide

The club lists her as a midfielder who can also play as an attacking midfielder or on the wing [1]. She wears the number 19 [1].

Two Kopa Trophies

The women's Young Talent award began in 2025, and Vicky López won its first edition [5] [1]. Just Women's Sports says she has won every edition since the women's category was created [3]. EFE describes the trophy as the award for the best under-21 player in the world [4]. The second came in London on 26 October 2026 [4].