Adrián Bernabé

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

Adrián Bernabé García (born 26 May 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Parma.

Adrián Bernabé

Bernabé playing for Spain U23 in the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Bernabé García[1]
Date of birth	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Parma
Number	10
Youth career
2013–2014	Espanyol
2014–2018	Barcelona
2018–2021	Manchester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Parma	101	(15)
International career‡
2018	Spain U17	3	(0)
2022–2023	Spain U21	5	(0)
2024	Spain U23	6	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2023 Georgia–Romania Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024

Club career

Manchester City

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Bernabé was a youth product of RCD Espanyol^[4] and La Masia, the FC Barcelona academy. He joined Manchester City in the summer of 2018.^[5] An attacking midfielder, Bernabé joined the first team in pre-season playing against Bayern Munich and played in the EFL Trophy against Shrewsbury Town.^[6] On 25 September 2018, Bernabé came on as a late substitute in the EFL Cup against Oxford United, his first senior appearance for Manchester City.^[7] Bernabé was released by City at the end of the 2020–21 season.

Parma

On 7 July 2021, Bernabé signed a three-year contract with Serie B club Parma.^[8] Despite being sidelined upon his arrival due to an injury, which caused him to miss the first half of the season, Bernabé finally made his debut for Parma on 5 February 2022, in a league match against Benevento resulting in a 0–0 draw.^[9] On 26 February, in a 4–0 league victory against SPAL, he scored his first goal for the club.^[10] As a crucial part of the team under manager Giuseppe Iachini, Bernabé stood out, even amidst the club's underwhelming season where they fell short of both direct promotion as well as promotion play-offs to the top division.^[9][11]

Following another strong season with Parma, in which they only failed promotion after losing in the play-offs, Bernabé signed a contract extension with the club until 2026, on 2 July 2023.^[12] In 2024 he is promoted to Serie A with his team.

International career

Bernabé was a youth international for Spain, having called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.^[13] He finished as runner-up as Spain was defeated by England 1-0 in the final.^[14]

Bernabé received call-up to Spain U23 for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[15] In the gold medal match of the tournament, Bernabé gave an assist for Spain's fourth goal, and later became an Olympic gold medalist as Spain beat the hosts France 5-3 after extra time in the gold medal match.^[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2025^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Manchester City	2018–19	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2019–20	Premier League	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2020–21	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Parma	2021–22	Serie B	16	5	0	0	—		—		—		16	5
	2022–23	Serie B	29	1	2	0	—		—		2	0	33	1
	2023–24	Serie B	35	8	3	1	—		—		—		38	9
	2024–25	Serie A	21	1	0	0	—		—		—		21	1
	Total		101	15	5	1	—		—		2	0	108	16
Career total			101	15	5	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	113	16

1. Includes EFL Cup

Honours

Parma

• Serie B: 2023–24

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2023^[17]

Spain U23

• Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024^[18]