Is Irene Paredes Married? Learn About Her Relationship With Professional Hockey Player Lucia Ybarra and Their Children

The honor is up on Irene Paredes. History will remember her as the captain who led Spain WNT to its first-ever Olympic campaign, as the Summer Games have started in Paris. While Paredes’ leadership acumen and defensive heroics are already a part of the soccer lore, fans seem not privy to her partner and Spanish hockey star Lucia Ybarra. So, let’s have you covered about the dynamic duo of Spanish athletes.

Lucia Ybarra has been a regular at Irene Paredes crucial games for FC Barcelona Femeni. The Barca, defender on the other hand, never ceases to grace a hockey match when Ybarra is playing. So it won’t be a surprise if the hockey star flies to Paris to support Paredes and La Roja.

Irene Paredes, Lucia Ybarra, and a marriage blessed by Spain’s hockey royalty

There is no specific timeline for Irene Paredes and Lucia Ybarra’s relationship. Ybarra first posted an intimate yet playful picture with Paredes in January 2017. The current Spanish captain had left Spain for Paris to ply her trade for PSG at that time. Notably, stories have it that Lucia Ybarra also shifted to Paris with Paredes during her PSG days. The dynamic duo must have returned to Spain in 2021 when Irene Paredes joined Barca’s women’s team. The same year, the duo announced they were getting married.

Lucia Ybarra has shared a picture of their vibrant marriage ceremony, where we could see Ybarra’s teammates and fellow hockey stars raise their hockey sticks to salute the newlyweds. Both Irene and Lucia consistently post their pictures together on Instagram. From those pictures, it is clear that the duo is as interested in travel as they are interested in sport. They often travel together and last year they bought a large RV to travel the world and camp together. Now, let’s see if it is just the two of them during these trips or not.

Does Paredes and Ybarra have kids?

Yes. Irene Paredes and Lucia Ybarra announced that the latter was carrying in April 2021. Later, in September of that year, the duo welcomed their one and only child, Matteo. The young boy is now their travel partner. Lucia Ybarra has posted a beautiful picture of Matteo kissing Irene Paredes’ cheek during the boy’s 2nd birthday. Besides, other pictures show that Paredes takes young Matteo in a stroller to watch Lucia Ybarra’s hockey games for the Spanish team.

Similarly, Lucia, Matteo, and the stroller are regulars at Irene Paredes’ soccer games as well. Therefore, we can surely expect Ybarra and the young boy to come to Paris and support the Spanish captain. After all, Paris is not new for her, who followed Paredes into France during her PSG days. Let’s hope they relive those memories in Paris again.