Elene Lete

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

Elene Lete Para (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.

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, correct as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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

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

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

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

Spain

• UEFA Nations League: 2023–24^[13]

Individual

• Zamora Trophy: 2021–2022