| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thiago Pitarch Pinar [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 2007 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Fuenlabrada, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid Castilla | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2018 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 2018–2022 | Getafe | ||
| 2022–2023 | Leganés | ||
| 2023–2026 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025–2026 | Real Madrid C | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Real Madrid Castilla | 14 | (0) |
| 2026– | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2026– | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:12, 28 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:12, 28 February 2026 (UTC) | |||
Thiago Pitarch Pinar (born 3 August 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid.
Pitarch started his youth career at Atlético Madrid academy, where he spent five years. In 2018, he moved to the Getafe academy where he stayed until 2022. He then moved to Leganés for one season before joining Real Madrid in 2023. [2] [3]
At Real Madrid, he started playing in the Juvenil C team before making the jump to Juvenil B ahead of the 2024–25 season. In January 2025, coach Álvaro Arbeloa promoted him to Juvenil A, where Pitarch became a starter. [4] Later in July 2025, he was promoted to their reserve team. [5] In August 2025, he extended his contract with the club until 2030. [6]
On 17 February 2026, he made his senior debut as a substitute in the stoppage time of 1–0 away win over Benfica in the Champions League. [7]
Pitarch played for Spain at the under-20 level during the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [8]
Pitarch plays as a midfielder. He is capable of connecting lines, stepping into the area to score goals, and has precise ball distribution in midfield. [2] [3]
Pitarch was born in Fuenlabrada, Spain and he acquired double nationality Spanish and Moroccan as his grandfather was born in Al Hoceima to Spanish refugees from the Spanish Civil War. [3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid C | 2025–26 | Segunda Federación | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2025–26 | Primera Federación | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Real Madrid | 2025–26 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||