Mariona Caldentey

María Francesca Caldentey Oliver, commonly known as Mariona Caldentey, is a Spanish footballer currently playing for FC Barcelona in Spain's Primera División.[1][2]

Mariona Caldentey
Caldentey with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name María Francesca Caldentey Oliver
Date of birth (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996
Place of birth Felanitx, Spain
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 9
Youth career
Collerense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Collerense B
2012–2014 Collerense 46 (15)
2014– Barcelona 90 (33)
National team
2014–2015 Spain U19 14 (12)
2016 Spain U20 4 (2)
2017– Spain 30 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2019

Club career

UD Collerense

Caldentey developed through the ranks of the UD Collerense youth system.

Barcelona

On July 30, 2014, Caldentey signed for Barcelona after her successes in the U19 European Championship.[3] Throughout the 2014-2015 season, she made her Copa de la Reina debut in the quarterfinals of the 2015 tournament and scored in a 4-0 win versus Levante. Barcelona would exit the tournament in the next round against Valencia.

International career

Youth

Caldentey earned third place at the 2013 UEFA Women's U17 Championship, representing Spain. In the semifinals of the tournament, she converted her penalty in the shootout against Sweden, but would end up losing the match after the shootout ended 4-5 in Sweden's favor.[4] In the third place match, Caldentey captained the team and scored in the 42nd minute in an 0-4 rout of Belgium.[5]

She found more success during the 2014 UEFA Women's U19 Championship. Caldentey started every game in the tournament, along with scoring the first goal in the semifinal match versus Norway.[6] She started in the final, where Spain lost against the Netherlands via a Vivianne Miedema chip in the 21st minute.[7]

Caldentey also participated in the 2016 U20 Women's World Cup, where she scored twice in the group stage against Canada and Japan. Spain were eliminated in extra time of the quarterfinal against eventual champions North Korea.[8] Her goal against Canada was named goal of the tournament.[9]

Senior

In 2017, Caldentey earned her first senior national team call-up when Jorge Vilda named her to Spain's squad for two friendlies against Switzerland.[10] Two months later, she made her international debut in an Algarve Cup match versus Japan, subbing on in the 73rd minute for Amanda Sampedro.[11][12] Spain went on to the final against Canada and won the tournament, earning Caldentey her first international title.

Caldentey scored her first senior international goal in a friendly match against Belgium.[13]

She was called up to the squad for the 2017 UEFA Women's EURO. Caldentey started in two group stages games- a win against Portugal and a loss against Scotland.[14][15] After Spain qualified for the knockout rounds on their head-to-head record, she started the quarterfinal match against Austria but was subbed out in the 56th minute. Spain exited the tournament after a penalty shootout.[16]

In 2019, Caldentey was called up to represent Spain in the 2019 Algarve Cup, where Spain finished 7th place. She was also named to the Spain squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She started each match in the group stage of the tournament, where Spain received four points and moved on to the Round of 16 for the first time in their history.[17][18][19] In the Round of 16 match, she subbed in at the 83rd minute for Virginia Torrecilla, and Spain would end up losing to eventual champions, the United States.[20]

International goals
Mariona Caldentey – goals for  Spain
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 June 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Belgium4–07–0Friendly
2.18 September 2017Stade de l'Épopée, Calais France2–13–1Friendly
3.8 October 2019Ďolíček, Prague Czech Republic0–21–5UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Honours
Club
Spain
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References
  1. Villarrubia, Begona (11 January 2017). "Nueve del Barça, convocadas por la selección española". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. "Virginia Torrecilla, Mariona Caldenteny y Patri Guijarro convocadas con la Selección Española Absoluta". Futbol Balear. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. "El Barça hace oficial el fichaje de la mallorquina Mariona Caldentey". 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. "Spain-Sweden - Women's Under-17 - UEFA.com". 25 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. "Belgium-Spain - Line-ups - Women's Under-17 - UEFA.com". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  6. "Women's Under-19 - Norway-Spain - Spain edge past hosts Norway and into final". 24 July 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. "Women's Under-19 - Spain-Netherlands - Netherlands edge Spain to take maiden title". 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  8. Menayo, David (24 November 2016). "Corea del Norte acaba con el sueño de España en el Mundial Sub'20". MARCA. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. "La azulgrana Mariona Caldentey, mejor gol del Mundial Sub'20". 14 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  10. Menayo, David (17 January 2017). "Esther Sullastres y Alexandra López entran en la lista para medirse a Suiza". MARCA. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  11. "CRÓNICA - España se exhibe ante Japón en su debut en la #AlgarveCup (1-2)". RFEF. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  12. Menayo, David (1 March 2017). "España debuta en la Copa Algarve con una trabajada victoria ante Japón". MARCA. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  13. "Spain - Belgium 7:0 (Women Friendlies 2017, June)". 30 June 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  14. "UEFA Women's EURO 2017 - History - Spain-Portugal--UEFA.com". UEFA. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  15. "Scotland-Spain - UEFA Women's EURO - UEFA.com". UEFA. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  16. "Así vivimos la eliminación de España en los penaltis". MARCA. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  17. "Spain - South Africa 3:1 (Women World Cup 2019 France, Group B)". 8 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  18. "Germany - Spain 1:0 (Women World Cup 2019 France, Group B)". 12 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  19. "China - Spain 0:0 (Women World Cup 2019 France, Group B)". 17 June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  20. "USA ADVANCES TO 2019 WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS WITH 2-1 TRIUMPH VS. SPAIN". USSoccer. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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