Patricia Guijarro

Collerense

At fourteen years old, Guijarro was called up to play with the youth levels of the UD Collerense squad after she was no longer allowed to play with boys. She was promoted to Collerense's first team at just fifteen years old. In a match against Barcelona, she caught the attention of then Barcelona coach Xavi Llorens who moved to sign her the following summer.

Barcelona

Patri's transfer from Collerense to FC Barcelona was finalised in June 2015 with a three-year deal. She made her debut for the Blaugrana aged 17 in the 2015–16 season. At the start of the 2017–18 season, she scored in a 3–0 Copa Catalunya victory against Espanyol, earning her third Copa Catalunya trophy. In the semi-final of the 2017–18 Champions League, Patri scored her first ever UWCL goal away at Lyon that helped keep Barcelona in the tie. In the home leg, however, Barcelona were the victims of a Eugénie Le Sommer strike that Guijarro nearly knocked off the goal-line, and exited in the quarter-finals to the eventual tournament winners. She played in each of Barcelona's matches in the 2018 Copa de la Reina, including the semi-final that went to penalties. Patri successfully converted her penalty as Barcelona advanced to their seventh Copa de la Reina final. She started the final against Atlético Madrid that went to extra time and was rescued by a Mariona Caldentey goal in the 122nd minute that won her her second Copa de la Reina title. For a large portion of the 2018–19 season,…

Youth

Guijarro has had extensive individual and team success at the youth level.

Spain U17 Guijarro's first international youth tournament experience came when she was fifteen, with a callup to play for Spain at the 2013 UEFA Under-17 European Championship. She played all 90 minutes of Spain's two matches in the finals. The first finals match against Sweden went to penalties, and despite her penalty conversion, Spain lost the shootout 4–5. They got some compensation, however, by defeating Belgium 4–0 in the next match. Guijarro scored Spain's third goal of the match as they bowed out as third-place finishers. Months later, in November, Guijarro was part of the Spain team at 2014 UEFA Under-17 European Championship. She kicked off her tournament with a win against then-World champions France by scoring a goal from a corner to make the score 2–0. A 4–0 thrashing of Germany put them at the top of their group and found them playing England in the semi-finals, a match they won 2–0. She drew first blood in the final against Germany, scoring in the ninth minute with a shot from outside the area. Germany found a goal later in the match, and it stayed tied through extra time, ending up in penalties. She scored Spain's first and only penalty as Germany exacted revenge for their group stage loss by defeating them 3–1 in the shootout. In April of the following year, she participated in the 2014 U-17 World Cup. Guijarro's two tournament goals came in a quarter-final brace…

Guijarro was described by FIFA in 2018 as a box-to-box midfielder who is able to be a creative presence at every stage of an attacking play; Guijarro considers herself an offensive player, saying she has been deployed in both defensive and forward midfield roles for Spain and Barcelona. She felt she was used more defensively at Barcelona than with Spain. In 2018, club and country teammate Aitana Bonmatí also felt that Guijarro helped the team "by making runs into the box". By 2023, Guijarro was considered a deep-lying playmaker at Barcelona. She is a physical presence on the pitch, and has spatial awareness to anticipate defensive and attacking situations. Barcelona's midfield operates with passing play, and Guijarro's passing range is typically short, tight, passes that keep the ball moving and allow her to facilitate link-up play. In the deeper areas of the pitch, Guijarro plays horizontal passes, different to her deep-lying Barcelona midfield teammates Keira Walsh and Ingrid Syrstad Engen, keeping momentum in possession with her teammates and accelerating forward off the ball. Using her speed and physicality to break past markers, Guijarro is able to finish moves she starts and contribute in attack. Higher up the pitch she advances the ball and can also provide crosses into the box. If she stays back instead, her defensive awareness allows other midfielders to press in advanced areas; her midfield defensive work is characterised by ball-winning duels.

Patricia Guijarro was born on 17 May 1998, in Palma, the capital city of the island of Mallorca. She recounts being born into a "football family" and shared an interest in the sport with her parents since a young age. She started playing football at age seven under her father's influence. The first club she played for was hometown club CF Patronato.