 Bermúdez in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sonia Bermúdez Tribano[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (age 41)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Butarque | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| Pozuelo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Estudiantes Huelva | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Sabadell | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2011 | Rayo Vallecano | 101+ | (68+) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Barcelona | 87 | (85) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Western New York Flash | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Barcelona | 28 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Atlético Madrid | 86 | (72) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Levante | 43 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Spain U19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2017 | Spain | 61 | (34) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Spain U19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Spain U20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Spain U23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sonia Bermúdez Tribano (born 15 November 1984), commonly known asSonia[3] orSoni,[4] is a Spanishfootball manager and formerfootballer who is currently the head coach of theSpain women's national team.
In her playing career, Bermúdez began at her local clubRayo Vallecano, where she captured three consecutive league titles. She then joinedFC Barcelona, adding four more successive league championships to her record, with a brief spell atNWSL sideWestern New York Flash in between. Bermúdez later enjoyed further success withAtlético Madrid before concluding her career atLevante.[5]
After retiring in 2020, Bermúdez began her coaching career with theU19 andU20 women's teams of Spain during which she won back-to-backUnder-19 Championships in2023 and2024. In 2025, she became the national coach of the Spain women's senior team.
She played forEstudiantes Huelva before joiningCE Sabadell in 2003.[6]
In seven years withRayo Vallecano, she contributed to the club's firstSpanish league trophy—scoring 22 goals throughout the2008–09 season, ranking third at the top scorers table.[7]
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She won the2011–12 Primera División top scorer award with 38 goals for champions Barcelona.[8] In2012–13 Barcelona retained their title and Sonia scored 21 times to finish joint-top scorer with Rayo'sNatalia Pablos.[9] In 2014, she had a quick break at her Barcelona career when she joined theWestern New York Flash fromNWSL, returning to Barcelona for the 2014–15 season.
In 2015, after four seasons at Barcelona – which included a stint in 2014 with theWestern New York Flash fromNWSL – she opted to joinAtlético Madrid ahead of the 2015–16 season.[10]
In October 2002, Bermúdez was named to the Spanish squad for the2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[11]
A member of the seniorSpanish national team,[12] she scored againstEngland andNorthern Ireland at theUEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. In Spain's first game of theUEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying campaign, Bermúdez was named to the squad and listed as an FC Barcelona player.[12] She scored the fourth goal in Spain's 10–1 win inTurkey.[13]
In June 2013, national teamcoachIgnacio Quereda named Bermúdez in his squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[14]
She was part of Spain's squad at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]
In 2022, following her retirement as a player, Bermúdez became head coach of both the Spain U-19 side and the U-20 side. She achieved considerable success with the U-19 who won back-to-back UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championships in 2023 and 2024 under her leadership.
Her U-20 tenure was more mixed. While her U-20 team competed, they were unable to capture a world title; in the2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup, Spain exited at the quarter-final stage after a defeat toJapan.[15]
In September 2024, Bermúdez was appointed head coach of theSpain U-23 side, overseeing nine matches and securing five victories.[citation needed]
Because of her strong record at youth international level — especially the consecutive U-19 European titles — Bermúdez’s performance is widely seen as having enhanced her credentials, eventually leading to her appointment as manager of the senior Spain women’s national team in 2025.[16]
In August 2025, theRoyal Spanish Football Federation announced that Bermúdez had signed a two-year contract and would take over fromMontse Tomé as manager of theSpain women's national football team, starting in October 2025.[17]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 16 February 2008 | Aranda de Duero,Spain |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 2. | 2 October 2008 | Zamora, Spain |  England | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| 3. | 19 September 2009 | Ta'Qali,Malta |  Malta | 4–0 | 13–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 7–0 | |||||
| 5. | 8–0 | |||||
| 6. | 24 October 2009 | Córdoba, Spain |  Austria | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 7. | 21 November 2009 | Manisa,Turkey |  Turkey | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 8. | 7 April 2010 | Guadalajara, Spain | Turkey | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| 9. | 19 June 2010 | Aranda de Duero, Spain | England | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| 10. | 17 September 2011 | istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 4–1 | 10–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 11. | 27 October 2011 | Shymkent,Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 12. | 3–0 | |||||
| 13. | 20 November 2011 | Buftea,Romania |  Romania | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 14. | 15 February 2012 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain | Austria | 1–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 15. | 5 April 2012 | Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain | Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 16. | 21 June 2012 | Turkey | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 17. | 27 October 2013 | Collado Villalba, Spain |  Estonia | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 18. | 4–0 | |||||
| 19. | 31 October 2013 | San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain |  Italy | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 20. | 27 November 2013 | Fuenlabrada, Spain |  Czech Republic | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| 21. | 2–0 | |||||
| 22. | 13 February 2014 | Logroño, Spain |  North Macedonia | 2–0 | 12–0 | |
| 23. | 5–0 | |||||
| 24. | 24 April 2014 | Skopje,North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 1–0 | 10–0 | |
| 25. | 2–0 | |||||
| 26. | 6–0 | |||||
| 27. | 11 February 2015 | San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain |  Belgium | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 28. | 3 March 2015 | La Roda, Spain |  New Zealand | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| 29. | 1 December 2015 | Badajoz, Spain |  Portugal | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 30. | 15 September 2016 | Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain |  Montenegro | 3–0 | 13–0 | |
| 31. | 5–0 | |||||
| 32. | 6–0 | |||||
| 33. | 10–0 | |||||
| 34. | 13–0 |
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