Elene Lete
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| Personal information | |||
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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 | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | London City Lionesses | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Urola | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Urola | ||
| 2018–2021 | Real Sociedad B | ||
| 2019–2025 | Real Sociedad | 92 | (0) |
| 2025- | London City Lionesses | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2025 | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
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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
[edit | edit source]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]
Real Sociedad
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]On 10 July 2025, Lete joined London City Lionesses, competing in the Women's Super League, the top tier of English women's football, signing a deal that runs until the summer of 2027. She was welcomed to the Lionesses by head coach Jocelyn Prêcheur saying he was "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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Spain
Individual
References
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External links
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- Profile at Real Sociedad
- Elene Lete, satisfecha de extender su contrato, no arroja la toalla de volver a clasificarse para la Champions League
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Spanish women's footballers
- Footballers from Gipuzkoa
- Real Sociedad Femenino players
- London City Lionesses players
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen
- Liga F players
- People from Zumarraga, Spain
- Spain women's international footballers
- Spain women's youth international footballers
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Spain
- Spanish expatriate women's footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England