Sonia Bermúdez Tribano (born 15 November 1984), commonly known as Sonia or Soni, is a Spanish football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of the Spain women's national team.
In her playing career, Bermúdez began at her local club Rayo Vallecano, where she captured three consecutive league titles. She then joined FC Barcelona, adding four more successive league championships to her record, with a brief spell at NWSL side Western New York Flash in between. Bermúdez later enjoyed further success with Atlético Madrid before concluding her career at Levante.Soni, BDFutbol
After retiring in 2020, Bermúdez began her coaching career with the U19 and U20 women's teams of Spain during which she won back-to-back Under-19 Championships in 2023 and 2024. In 2025, she became the national coach of the Spain women's senior team.
Playing career She played for Estudiantes Huelva before joining CE Sabadell in 2003.
In seven years with Rayo Vallecano, she contributed to the club's first Spanish league trophy—scoring 22 goals throughout the 2008–09 season, ranking third at the top scorers table. Futfem.com
She won the 2011–12 Primera División top scorer award with 38 goals for champions Barcelona. In 2012–13 Barcelona retained their title and Sonia scored 21 times to finish joint-top scorer with Rayo's Natalia Pablos. In 2014, she had a quick break at her Barcelona career when she joined the Western New York Flash from NWSL, returning to Barcelona for the 2014–15 season.
In 2015, after four seasons at Barcelona – which included a stint in 2014 with the Western New York Flash from NWSL – she opted to join Atlético Madrid ahead of the 2015–16 season.
International career In October 2002, Bermúdez was named to the Spanish squad for the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.
A member of the senior Spanish national team, Royal Spanish Football Federation she scored against England and Northern Ireland at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying. In Spain's first game of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying campaign, Bermúdez was named to the squad and listed as an FC Barcelona player. She scored the fourth goal in Spain's 10–1 win in Turkey.
In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda named Bermúdez in his squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.
She was part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.
Managerial career
Spain Women's U19 and Spain Women's U20 In 2022, following her retirement as a player, Bermúdez became head coach of both the Spain U-19 side and the U-20 side. She achieved considerable success with the U-19 who won back-to-back UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championships in 2023 and 2024 under her leadership.
Her U-20 tenure was more mixed. While her U-20 team competed, they were unable to capture a world title; in the 2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup, Spain exited at the quarter-final stage after a defeat to Japan.
Spain Women's U23 In September 2024, Bermúdez was appointed head coach of the Spain U-23 side, overseeing nine matches and securing five victories.
Because of her strong record at youth international level — especially the consecutive U-19 European titles — Bermúdez’s performance is widely seen as having enhanced her credentials, eventually leading to her appointment as manager of the senior Spain women’s national team in 2025.
Spain Women In August 2025, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced that Bermúdez had signed a two-year contract and would take over from Montse Tomé as manager of the Spain women's national football team, starting in October 2025.
International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 16 February 2008 Aranda de Duero, Spain 2–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying 2. 2 October 2008 Zamora, Spain 2–0 2–2 3. 19 September 2009 Ta'Qali, Malta 4–0 13–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 4. 7–0 5. 8–0 6. 24 October 2009 Córdoba, Spain 1–0 2–0 7. 21 November 2009 Manisa, Turkey 4–0 5–0 8. 7 April 2010 Guadalajara, Spain 1–0 5–1 9. 19 June 2010 Aranda de Duero, Spain 2–0 2–2 10. 17 September 2011 istanbul, Turkey 4–1 10–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 11. 27 October 2011 Shymkent, Kazakhstan 1–0 4–0 12. 3–0 13. 20 November 2011 Buftea, Romania 1–0 4–0 14. 15 February 2012 Santiago de Compostela, Spain 1–1 4–1 Friendly 15. 5 April 2012 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain 2–0 13–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying 16. 21 June 2012 1–0 4–0 17. 27 October 2013 Collado Villalba, Spain 1–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 18. 4–0 19. 31 October 2013 San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain 1–0 2–0 20. 27 November 2013 Fuenlabrada, Spain 1–0 3–2 21. 2–0 22. 13 February 2014 Logroño, Spain 2–0 12–0 23. 5–0 24. 24 April 2014 Skopje, North Macedonia 1–0 10–0 25. 2–0 26. 6–0 27. 11 February 2015 San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain 2–1 2–1 Friendly 28. 3 March 2015 La Roda, Spain 2–0 2–2 29. 1 December 2015 Badajoz, Spain 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying 30. 15 September 2016 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain 3–0 13–0 31. 5–0 32. 6–0 33. 10–0 34. 13–0
Honours Player Rayo Vallecano Primera División: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol: 2008
FC Barcelona Primera División: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol: 2013, 2014
Atlético Madrid Primera División: 2016-17, 2017-18 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol: 2016
Spain Algarve Cup: 2017
Managerial Spain Women UEFA Women's Nations League: 2025 Spain U19 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2023, 2024
References
External links
Profile at FC Barcelona