Pablo Carmine Maffeo Becerra

Pablo Maffeo is a Spanish right-back born in Sant Joan Despí on 12 July 1997. He developed at FC Levante Las Planas and RCD Espanyol before joining Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad in 2013. Maffeo made his senior debut for Espanyol’s reserve side in 2013 and later made his competitive Manchester City debut in a 2016 Champions League play-off. He used loan spells at Girona to gain senior experience and helped the club reach La Liga for the first time in 2017. After moving to VfB Stuttgart in 2018, he returned to Spain with Huesca and Mallorca, scoring his first La Liga goal for Huesca against Villarreal. At Mallorca, Maffeo established himself as a tenacious full-back noted for one-on-one defending, recovery work and marking Lionel Messi in 2017. He is currently listed with Olympiakos Piraeus.