Elene Lete

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lete and the second or maternal family name is Para.

Elene Lete
Lete with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Elene Lete Para
Date of birth (2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Zumarraga, Spain[2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 London City Lionesses
Youth career
2016–2017 Urola
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Urola
2018–2021 Real Sociedad B
2019–2025 Real Sociedad 50 (0)
2025- London City Lionesses 0 (0)
International career‡
2022–2025 Spain U23 5 (0)
2023– Spain 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Elene Lete Para (Spanish: [eleˈne ˈlete ˈpaɾa]; born 7 May 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women’s Super League club London City Lionesses and the Spain national team.

Club career

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Lete started playing football in school at the Colegio La Salle Legazpi as a striker. Once she started playing for Urola KE [es], her local team in Zumarraga, she discovered her skill at goalkeeping, and began her career there.[3][4][5]

Real Sociedad

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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 awarded for the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio in 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 she and Adriana Nanclares shared the goalkeeping duties almost equally.[7]

London City Lionesses

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On 10 July 2025, Lete joined The Lionesses, competing in the Women's Super League, the first tier of English women's football. Signing a deal that runs until the summer of 2027. She was welcomed to London City Lionesses by head coach Jocelyn Prêcheur saying he “is excited to work with our new goalkeeper, Elene has a lot of experience already. She is a great goalkeeper and will bring us her knowledge of the higher level.”[8]

International play

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Lete has been selected for Spain in the Under-17, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-23 categories.[3][9] 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.[10]

In 2023 Lete was selected for the Spain senior team[11] 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.[12]

Honours

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Spain

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Elene Lete at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Elene Lete". BDFutbol. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Elene Lete" (in Spanish). Txapeldunak. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Elene Lete Para - Portera Real Sociedad SAD - Futboleras". futboleras.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Introducing Elene Lete". London City Lionesses. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Women's Nations League final: World Cup winners Spain beat France 2–0 in Seville". BBC Sport. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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