Pau Cubarsí Paredes was born on 22 January in Bescanó, Girona, Catalonia, [3] to Gloria Paredes and Robert Cubarsí. He has an older sister, Irene, a physiotherapist. [4] He joined La Masia in , located about an hour and a half away from his home in Bescanó. [5] Cubarsí speaks Catalan, the language he grew up with, as his parents spoke it as the main language at home. While.