Agreement reached between FC Barcelona and first team player Iñaki Peña to extend his contract to 30 June 2029.
Agreement also reached between FC Barcelona and Elche Club de Fútbol for the keeper to go on loan for this season up to 30 June 2026.
La Masia graduate
Iñaki Peña arrived at La Masia in 2012 from Villarreal to join the U14 squad. In 2017/18 he was part of the U19 squad that claimed a first UEFA Youth League trophy, before becoming part of the Barça Atlétic squad in the 2018/19 season.
Adventure in Istanbul
The keeper alternated between the B squad and the first team in the 2020/21 season, and in the winter of the 2021/22 season, Peña left for Galatasaray on loan, making his debut in Europe in the Europa League for the Turkish side. He returned to the Club in the summer of 2022 and he was officially registered as a first team player in January 2023.
Debuts
That same season, 2022/23, Peña made his first team debut in the Champions League on 1 November 2022 against Viktoria Plzen, before making his first appearance in La Liga for the blaugranes away at Valladolid in May 2023.
In the 2023/24 season, Peña made 17 appearances in place of the injured Marc ter Stegen. The following season, 2024/25, the keeper once against stepped into the team after Ter Stegen’s serious knee injury, playing 23 games and keeping seven clean sheets, helping Barça to a domestic treble.
Five trophies as a blaugrana
Iñaki Peña has now been with Barça for 13 seasons, three with the first team. He has made 45 appearances, keeping 10 clean sheets, and won five trophies – two league titles, a Copa del Rey and two Spanish Super Cups.
Now after extending his contract with the Club until 2029, the stopper from Alicante will continue to gain top flight experience close to home at Elche under Eder Sarabia, who was assistant coach to Quique Setién.