Ornella Vignola
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ornella Maria Vignola Cabot | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Málaga | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Barcelona B | 12 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Barcelona | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Sevilla | 15 | (0) |
| 2023 | Alavés | 11 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Granada | 57 | (6) |
| 2025– | Everton | 22 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2024 | Spain U20 | 26 | (1) |
| 2023– | Spain U23 | 9 | (4) |
| 2026– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:56, 19 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:44, 3 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Ornella Maria Vignola Cabot (Spanish: [oɾˈneʎa maˈɾia biˈɲola kaˈβot]; born 30 September 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Women's Super League club Everton. Born in Uruguay, she plays for the Spain national team.
Early life
[edit]Vignola was born on 30 September 2004 in Montevideo, Uruguay. At the age of one, she moved with her family to Spain and grew up in Benalmádena, Spain. The niece of Uruguayan television presenter Karina Vignola, she has an older brother.[1]
Club career
[edit]Vignola started her career with Spanish side Málaga B. Following her stint there, she signed for Spanish side Barcelona in 2020, where she made two league appearances and scored zero goals and helped the club win the league title. Two years later, she signed for Spanish side Sevilla, where she made fifteen league appearances and scored zero goals.[2]
In 2023, she signed for Spanish side Alavés. The same year, she signed for Spanish side Granada, where she made fifty-seven league appearances and scored six goals.[2]
Everton
[edit]On 4 July 2025, Vignola signed for Women's Super League club Everton.[3] On 6 September, she made her debut for the club, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 derby victory over Liverpool, the first men's or women's Everton player to score a hat-trick in the Merseyside Derby since Dixie Dean in 1931.[4]
International career
[edit]Vignola is a Spain youth international. During the summer of 2022, she played for the Spain women's national under-20 football team at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, helping the team win the competition.[5]. Uncapped at full international level, Vignola remains eligible for Spain and Uruguay.
Style of play
[edit]Vignola plays as a midfielder or winger. Argentine news website Marcha Noticias wrote in 2019 that she "is comfortable in... attacking midfielder, winger, or playmaker. Her distinctive traits are speed and skill, enhanced by an intelligent vision".[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malaga | 2019–20 | Segunda Federación | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona B | 2020–21 | Primera Federación | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | 22 | 6 | |||
| 2021–22 | Primera Federación | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | 25 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10 | ||
| Barcelona | 2020–21 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sevilla (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Alavés (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga F | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Granada | 2023–24 | Liga F | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga F | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 4 | |||
| Total | 57 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 8 | ||
| Everton | 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | |
| Career total | 149 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 23 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa de la Reina, Women's FA Cup
- ^ Includes Women's League Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Women's Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 8 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ornella, la piba de la gambeta invencible" [Ornella, the girl with the invincible dribble] (in Spanish). Marcha Noticias. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ a b Ornella Vignola at Soccerway
- ^ "Everton Sign Spain Youth International Vignola". wwwevertonfc.com.
- ^ "Liverpool vs Everton: Women's Super League stats & head-to-head". BBC Sport. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Ornella, una uruguaya al servicio de España" [Ornella, a Uruguayan serving Spain] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Ornella Vignola". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ^ "Ornella Vignola". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Ornella Vignola at Soccerway
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Sportspeople of Uruguayan descent
- Uruguayan women's footballers
- Spanish women's footballers
- 21st-century Uruguayan sportswomen
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football wingers
- Deportivo Alavés Gloriosas players
- Everton F.C. Women players
- FC Barcelona Femení players
- FC Barcelona Femení B players
- Granada CF (women) players
- Sevilla FC (women) players
- Spain women's youth international footballers
- Naturalised association football players
- Uruguayan expatriate women's footballers
- Spanish expatriate women's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in England
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Women's Super League players