Deyna Castellanos

Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Venezuela women's national team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Castellanos and the second or maternal family name is Naujenis.
Deyna Castellanos
Deyna Castellanos in February 2020
Personal information
Full name Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis
Date of birth (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999
Place of birth Maracay, Venezuela
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 6
Youth career
2013–2016 Escuela de Fútbol Juan Arango
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 FSU Seminoles 82 (48)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Atlético Madrid 5 (0)
National team‡
2013–2016 Venezuela U17 39 (35)
2018 Venezuela U20 6 (4)
2018– Venezuela 13 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:17, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:10, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Club career

After spending her three college years at Florida State, on 2 January 2020, Castellanos signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club, Atlético Madrid.[2]

International career

Venezuela youth teams

In 2014, she was a member of the Venezuela national under-17 team who finished fourth in the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[3] and runners-up in the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic football. She won the Golden Boot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with six goals, equalling her teammate Gabriela García and was also a goalscorer of the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic football with seven. She was also as a top scorer of the 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship with 12. Castellanos is the top goalscorer of the Venezuela U-17 women's team with 35. Castellanos is currently the all-time leading goalscorer of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with 11.

Castellanos was called up to the Venezuela U-20 women's team in January 2018 for the 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship. She was the only player to score in the Group B matches with three, once against Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile.[4] She was also the only player to score in the final stage, scoring once in a 3–1 defeat against Paraguay U-20 women's team.[5]

Senior team

In April 2018, Castellanos was part of the senior team in the 2018 Copa América Femenina. She scored on her debut against Ecuador on 5 April,[6] and netted four times in an 8–0 win over Bolivia four days later.[7]

Awards

In The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017, Castellanos was named to the three woman shortlist for The Best FIFA Women's Player. Her nomination created some controversy. Megan Rapinoe was outspoken about this nomination, complaining that Castellanos was an unknown player and had not played professionally, nor in a major senior national team tournament at the time of her nomination.[8]

References
  1. "Deyna Castellanos". Seminoles. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. "Bombazo: la venezolana Deyna Castellanos ficha por el Atlético" [Bomb: Venezuelan Deyna Castellanos signs for Atlético] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 January 2020.
  3. "Castellanos: "Quiero más"" (in Spanish). FIFA. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. "Venezuela y Brasil se lucen en el estreno del Grupo B". 14 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
    "Brasil avanza al cuadrangular final". 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
    "Venezuela clasifica a la etapa final junto a Brasil por Grupo B". 21 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "Paraguay y Brasil toman ventaja en la fase final". 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. "Venezuela venció con lo justo a Ecuador en el inicio del grupo B". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  7. "Venezuela goleó a Bolivia y muestra sus credenciales en Coquimbo". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  8. "Megan Rapinoe says FIFA doesn't care about women's soccer". ESPN. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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