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Marta Torrejón
Personal information
Full name Marta Torrejón Moya[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Mataró, Catalonia, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FC Barcelona
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2001 CF Salesians
2001–2004 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2013 RCD Espanyol
2013– FC Barcelona 65 (6)
International career
2006–2009 Spain U-19 23 (6)
2007– Spain 80 (9)
2007– Catalonia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name Marta Torrejón Moya (born 27 February 1990) is a Spanish football player who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.[2] Her brother is Marc Torrejón, a footballer who plays in Germany for 1. FC Union Berlin.[3][4][5]

Club career

Despite her relatively young age, Torrejón has won one League and three national cups, having debuted in the Superliga Femenina at just 14 years old.

International career

Torrejón made her senior Spain women's national football team debut in November 2007, a 1–0 defeat to England in Shrewsbury.[6]

In June 2013 national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Torrejón in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[7] She played every minute of Spain's campaign, which ended with a 3–1 defeat to Norway in the quarter-finals.

She also was part of Spain's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

Goals for the Spanish WNT in official competitions
Competition Stage Date Location Opponent Goals Result Overall
2009 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2008–05–08 Las Rozas  Czech Republic 1 4–1 1
2011 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2010–04–07 Guadalajara  Turkey 1 5–1 1
2013 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2012–04–05 Las Rozas  Kazakhstan 1 13–0 1
2015 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2013–10–27 Collado  Estonia 1 6–0 2
2014–04–10 Skopje  North Macedonia 1 10–0
2017 UEFA Euro Qualifiers 2016–09–26 Leganés  Finland 1 5–0 1

Honours

Torrejón captaining Espanyol in 2012

Club

RCD Espanyol
FC Barcelona
Spain

References

  1. ^ a b c d "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2013-03-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) RFEF
  3. ^ Roldán, Isabel (22 October 2011). "No acostumbran a compararme con mi hermano Marc" [I'm not compared to my brother Marc very often] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Europe's footballing brothers and sisters". UEFA. 9 February 2017.
  5. ^ "TORREJÓN". Soccerway. 4 October 2018.
  6. ^ Roldán, Isabel (20 November 2007). "Vilas y Torrejón, nuevas caras para la Absoluta" [Vilas and Torrejón, new faces for the Absolute] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  7. ^ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.