Pau Cubarsí
#22 · Defender · age 19
Teenage centre-back, breakout star.
72
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 55
- Career peak
- 64
- League level
- 90
- Competition pedigree
- 93
- International pedigree
- 59
- Longevity
- 64
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Cubarsí is the partnership pivot beside Laporte: the senior leader plays the aggressive front-foot defender while the teenager steps the line and starts the build. He almost never lunges, which is the trait that lets him survive against the kind of off-the-shoulder striker (Núñez next round, perhaps) who eats reactive defenders alive. If Spain progress deep, his calm under sustained pressure becomes one of the tournament’s quiet stories.
Strengths
- composed deep build-up under press
- anticipatory tackling rather than reactive sliding
- two-footed line-stepping
- aerial timing despite a medium frame
Recent form
Played the bulk of Barcelona's 2025-26 minutes alongside a rotating partner; remains first-choice for Spain alongside Laporte.
When he made his Barcelona debut he was still finishing his secondary-school baccalaureate — the club arranged tutors for matchdays.