Mariona Caldentey

María Francesca Caldentey Oliver (born 19 March 1996), known as Mariona Caldentey or simply Mariona, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caldentey and the second or maternal family name is Oliver.
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)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 9
Youth career
Collerense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Collerense B
2011–2014 Collerense 68 (17)
2014– Barcelona 103 (44)
International career‡
2013 Spain U17 2 (1)
2014–2015 Spain U19 14 (12)
2016 Spain U20 4 (2)
2017– Spain 54 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2022

Early life

María Francesca Caldentey Oliver was born in the Mallorcan town of Felanitx to father Miguel Ángel Caldentey and mother María Oliver. Her father was a football coach and her mother is a nurse by profession.[1][2][3] She also has an older brother.[4]

Caldentey began playing football at the age of four in her local team as an after-school activity.[2][5] She later played futsal in Manacor, where she won multiple titles and played in three Spanish championships.[2] Although Caldentey did not develop in La Masia, she has had a lifelong connection to FC Barcelona; her father was one of the promoters of Els Tamarells, one of Barcelona’s biggest penyes.[5]

Club career

Collerense

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

Barcelona

On 30 July 2014, Caldentey signed for Barcelona after her successes in the U19 European Championship.[6] 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.[7] In the third place match, Caldentey captained the team and scored in the 42nd minute in an 0–4 rout of Belgium.[8]

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.[9] She started in the final, where Spain lost against the Netherlands via a Vivianne Miedema chip in the 21st minute.[10]

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.[11] Her goal against Canada was named goal of the tournament.[12]

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.[13][14][15] Two months later, she made her international debut in an Algarve Cup match versus Japan, subbing on in the 73rd minute for Amanda Sampedro.[16][17] 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.[18]

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.[19][20] 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.[21]

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.[22][23][24] 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.[25]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Caldentey goal.
List of international goals scored by Mariona Caldentey
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
130 June 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Belgium4–07–0Friendly
218 September 2017Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France France1–21–3Friendly
38 October 2019Ďolíček, Prague, Czech Republic Czech Republic2–05–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
419 September 2020Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova3–09–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
57–0
69–0
727 November 2020La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain Moldova4–010–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
818 February 2021ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan7–013–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
910 June 2021Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Spain Belgium1-03–0Friendly
1016 September 2021Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroes Faroe Islands9–010–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1121 September 2021Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary3–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
127–0
1325 November 2021La Cartuja, Seville, Spain Faroe Islands4–012–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
148–0
159–0
1630 November 2021La Cartuja, Seville, Spain Scotland2–08–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
178–0
1825 June 2022Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Spain Australia2–07–0Friendly
198 July 2022Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England Finland4–14–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Honours

Barcelona

Spain

References
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