Anicka Castañeda

Anicka Castaneda (born 16 December 1999) is a Filipino footballer who has played for the Philippines women's national football team.

Anicka Castaneda
Personal information
Full name Anicka Castaneda[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999
Place of birth Philippines
Youth career
Years Team
– De La Salle Zobel
2017 National Capital Region
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Philippines (2)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 24, 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship)
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Arrieta and the surname or paternal family name is Castaneda.

Early life and education

Anicka Castaneda was born on December 16, 1999[2] to Conz Castaneda and Deedee Arieta and has a brother and an elder sister. As of 2017, she is a student at the De La Salle Zobel High School.[1]

Career

Castaneda played for the women's junior futsal team of De La Salle Zobel. She was named junior MVP at the WNCAA in 2016.[3] She was also the captain of the National Capital Region team that played at the secondary girls event of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa.[4]

She was part of the Philippines women's national football team that played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in April 2017. The national squad secured qualification with one match to spare by drawing Bahrain 1-1.[5] She scored for the national team in a prior match against Tajikistan.[6] Castañeda was also part of the team that competed at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[2]

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe Tajikistan
2–0
8–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.
7–0

Personal life

Anicka Castaneda's sister, Sara is also a footballer who has also played for the Philippine national team.[1]

References
  1. Reyes, Marc Anthony (August 18, 2017). "Stage parents: Malditas have someone to watch over them during SEA Games campaign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. "Castaneda, Anicka". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  3. "DLSZ, CKSC, CEU dribblers keep titles; DLSZ, SBCA tossers prevai". Manila Times. November 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. Reyes, Julian Rikki (April 27, 2017). "Panganiban leads NCR past CAR in secondary girls futsal". Rappler. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. "Malditas tie Bahrain". Tempo. April 12, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. Tupas, Cedelf (April 23, 2017). "Pinays on the front foot". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2018.


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