Official: Barcelona renew 18-year-old defensive prodigy until 2027

The series of contract renewals of youth prospects continues at FC Barcelona as Alexis Olmedo becomes the latest academy ace to pen a new contract with the club.

Indeed, the 18-year-old has signed a new deal with Barça that will run until the summer of 2027, the club has confirmed.

“FC Barcelona has reached an agreement with Alexis Olmedo to renew his contract, which will link him to the Club for the next three seasons, until 30 June 2027,” the statement from the club read.

The club also confirmed that the teenage defender will continue to be with the youth team for the first year of his new contract before getting promoted to the Barça Atletic setup for the second and third years of his deal.

Alexis Olmedo joined the Barça academy in the Prebenjamín team in the summer of 2014. The 18-year-old defender made his debut for Barcelona Atletic last season and went on to feature in 11 matches, even scoring a goal.

The youngster, who can play at centre-back and right-back, even played 11 matches for the Juvenil A side last season and is also part of the Spanish youth national team.

Olmedo also featured for the first team in the pre-season friendly against UE Olot earlier this week, starting the match as a defensive midfielder.

He becomes the latest in line of Barcelona youngsters to sign new contracts after the likes of Marc Casado, Toni Fernandez, Guille Fernandez, Ander Astralaga, and Marc Bernal, among others.