Paula Comendador Prado (born 12 January 2007) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Real Madrid.

Club career

Pau joined Madrid CFF at the age of eight. She spent six seasons at the club before becoming a part of Real Madrid Femenino in the summer of 2021, where she initially played for the U-16s and won the Madrid Championship.[1] In the 2022–23 season, she was part of the A-Juvenil squad and won the title in her category again with the Merengues.[2] On 10 September 2023, she made her debut for the B team in a match against Rayo Vallecano of the Second Federation.

Comendador made her debut for Real Madrid's first squad on 26 November 2023, in a Liga F match against Sporting de Huelva, coming on as a second-half substitute for Hayley Raso.[3]

On 25 May 2025, Comendador's team won the Torneo Juvenil Femenino for the second year in a row, scoring the only goal in the final, a 1–0 win over Barcelona Juvenil. Comendador was named the tournament's MVP after scoring five goals in four matches.[4]

Pau was promoted to the Real Madrid first team on July 24, 2025.[5] Signing a contract until 2027, becoming the 2nd ever academy player to get promoted to the first team after Carla Camacho in 2023. She will wear the number 5 shirt for the 2025-26 season.

She ended her first season with Real Madrid's first team with 2 goals in 22 matches, all coming in Liga F, including 6 starts[6]. She played a total of 590 minutes, participated once in the Copa de la Reina, once in the Supercopa de España, and 4 times in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[7]

International career

Pau made her debut for the Spanish U-17 national team on 22 September 2022 during a 2023 Under-17 Euro qualifier against Belgium.[8] Spain reached the final of Under-17 Euros, where they lost 3–2 to France. Pau started all five matches of the tournament and scored one goal.[9]

In 2024, Pau was called up for the U-17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic, where Spain finished runner-up, losing the final match on penalties to North Korea.[10] She won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer scoring 5 goals and Silver ball as the tournament's second best player[11]

Pau was called up for round 2 of the UEFA Under-19 Euros qualifiers, she scored a first half hattrick in matchday 2 in an eventual 4–0 win over Scotland.

Pau was called up by Javier Lerga for the 2025 Under-19 Euros, she started every match except the opening match vs Portugal which they ended up winning 2–0, they went on to beat France 4–0 in the final and retained the title for the 4th consecutive time, She assisted once in the tournament vs Italy.[12]

Pau was omitted from Spain's final list for the 2026 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[13]