Athenea del Castillo
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Full name | Athenea del Castillo Beivide | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Solares , Spain | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Reocín | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Ave Fénix Racing | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Racing Féminas | 46 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Deportivo | 49 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Real Madrid | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Spain U19 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Spain U20 | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Cantabria | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Spain | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2022 |
Athenea del Castillo Beivide (born 24 October 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Madrid of the Primera División and the Spain national team.
Club career
Early career
Athenea started playing at Reocín in Cantabria at the age of 11, later moving to Ave Fénix Racing where she remained until the end of the 2018–19 Segunda División season, her time there encompassing a 2017 merger whereby the team became part of Racing Santander.
Deportivo
In August 2019, it was announced that Athenea would be joining the newly promoted Primera División club, Deportivo Abanca, without the permission of her old club who tried to retain her registration, while the Galicians maintained their offer of a professional contract took precedence.[1] Finally, in September, Racing Féminas formally allowed her transfer.[2]
On 8 September 2019, Athenea made her Primera División debut for Deportivo against RCD Espanyol and scored her first goal on 19 January 2020.[3]
Real Madrid
On 26 July 2021, following Deportivo's relegation, it was announced that she would be joining Real Madrid.[4]
International career
Athenea was called into the Spain U19 squad for the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, where the team won the title; she was also part of the squad that finished runners-up in the same competition a year later.[5] She made her senior international debut in October 2020, becoming the first serving Deportivo player to gain a full cap.[6]
Honours
International
References
- ^ "El fichaje que enfrenta al Dépor y al Racing de Santander" [The signing that puts Dépor against Racing Santander]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "El Racing libera a Athenea del Castillo, una historia de mentiras, presiones y denuncias" [Racing frees Athenea del Castillo, a story of lies, pressure and denunciations]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Golazo a lo Messi de Athenea, del Depor" [Messi-like great goal by Athenea, of Depor]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Official: Real Madrid Sign Athenea del Castillo". Managing Madrid. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Athenea del Castillo at Soccerway
- ^ "Athenea del Castillo hace historia al debutar con la selección española" [Athenea del Castillo makes history by debuting with the Spanish team]. Riazor.org (in Spanish). 23 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
External links
- Athenea, BDFutbol
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Cantabria
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's association football wingers
- Spanish women's footballers
- Primera División (women) players
- Deportivo de La Coruña (women) players
- Real Madrid Femenino players
- People from Trasmiera
- Spain women's international footballers
- CDE Racing Féminas players
- SD Reocín (women) players
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players