Bruna Vilamala


Bruna Vilamala Costa is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil side Club América and the Spain women's national football team.

Club career

Barcelona (2013–2025)

Born in the town of Borgonyà in the municipality of Sant Vicenç de Torelló, Vilamala joined the grassroots of Barcelona when she was only eleven years old.
In October 2018, Vilamala tore her ACL in a match against AEM Lleida.
She debuted with the Barça first team on 1 February 2020 against Sevilla at only 17 years of age, with Vilamala being the fourth youngest player to wear the shirt of the culés. During the Primera División (women)|2020–21 season], she was a regular on the payrolls of the Barça first team despite the fact that she still had a filial role. On 18 October 2020, she scored her first goal in the Primera División in the 6-0 win against Sporting de Huelva. On 10 May 2021, she scored against Granadilla Tenerife|Granadilla], which would be decisive in the 1-0 victory, with which they won the Liga Iberdrola title. In that season, Barcelona would end the best campaign in its history by winning the Liga, Copa de la Reina and Champions League titles. For her part, Vilamala would close the season with 12 goals converted in the Liga in just 15 games, being the sixth highest scorer of the culé campaign and the second with the best scoring average.
On 25 October 2021, Vilamala suffered the second ACL tear of her career during a friendly with Spain's under-23 national football team. She returned to playing on 20 November 2022 in a league game against Alavés Gloriosas|Alavés], experiencing some setbacks before making more regular appearances in the 2023–24 season and slowly growing back to full fitness.

2024–2025: Loan to Brighton

On 24 August 2024, Brighton & Hove Albion announced that they had agreed a deal to sign Vilamala on a season-long loan from Barcelona, subject to regulatory processes.

Club América (2025–present)

On 16 July 2025, Barcelona announced that Vilamala would not be returning to the club after her loan to Brighton ended, and that she was instead being sold to Club América of Liga MX Femenil after both clubs reached an agreement. América officially announced Vilamala as their new player later that day.

International career

In 2018, Vilamala was called up to the Spanish U-17 team to take part in the women's U-17 European Championship, which was held in Lithuania.
Vilamala made her senior Spain debut on her 22nd birthday, during a UEFA [Women's Euro 2025 qualifying] match against Denmark on 4 June 2024. Spain, ranked number one, were unusually trailing when Vilamala was substituted on; she scored their first goal as Spain mounted a 3–2 comeback victory to gain automatic qualification for Euro 2025.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
14 June 2024Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, Tenerife, Spain1–23–2UEFA [Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A|UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying]

Honours

;Barcelona
;Spain