Athenea del Castillo
Athenea del Castillo Beivide (born 24 October 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a Forward for Deportivo Abanca of the Primera División.[1]
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| Full name | Athenea del Castillo Beivide | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 October 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Solares, Cantabria, Spain | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Deportivo Abanca | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2015-2017 | Ave Fénix Racing | |||||||||||||||
| 2017-2019 | CDE Racing Féminas | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Deportivo de La Coruña | 22 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018-2019 | Spain U19 | |||||||||||||||
| 2019- | Spain U20 | |||||||||||||||
| 2020- | Spain | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 October 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Early career
Athenea started playing at Ave Fénix Racing at the age of 11 and she continued playing there until the 2018–19 season of Segunda División.
RC Deportivo (2019-)
In August 2019, it was announced that she would be joining the newly promoted to Primera División, Deportivo Abanca against her old club's will.[2] Finally, in September CDE Racing Féminas allowed her to leave.[3]
On 8 September 2019, Athenea made her debut for the club against RCD Espanyol and scored her first goal on 19 January 2020.[4]
International career
Athenea was called into the Spain U19 team for the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, where she won the gold medal. Del Castillo currently plays for the Spain U20 team.
Honours
International
References
- "Athena del Castillo Beivide" (in Spanish). RC Deportivo. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "El fichaje que enfrenta al Dépor y al Racing de Santander" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "El Racing libera a Athenea del Castillo, una historia de mentiras, presiones y denuncias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Golazo a lo Messi de Athenea, del Depor" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2020.