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Mariona Caldentey

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caldentey and the second or maternal family name is Oliver.

María Francesca Caldentey Oliver (listenⓘ; born 19 March 1996), known as Mariona Caldentey or simply Mariona, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Spain national team.

Mariona Caldentey
Caldentey with Barcelona in 2024
Personal information
Full name María Francesca Caldentey Oliver
Date of birth (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Felanitx, Mallorca, Spain
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 8
Youth career
Felanitx
Club Estudiantes CIDE
2010–2012 Collerense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Collerense B
2011–2014 Collerense 68 (17)
2014–2024 Barcelona 203 (73)
2024– Arsenal 8 (1)
International career‡
2013 Spain U17 2 (1)
2014–2015 Spain U19 14 (12)
2016 Spain U20 4 (2)
2017– Spain 82 (28)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner 2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Runner-up 2014 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:15, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Early and personal life

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María Francesca Caldentey Oliver was born in the Mallorcan town of Felanitx to Miquel Àngel "Morete" Caldentey Bennásar and María Oliver. Her father was a football coach and her mother is a nurse by profession.[1][2][3][4] She also has an older brother.[5] Caldentey was taught by her grandmother, also named María, how to play the piano.[6]

Caldentey began playing football at the age of four in her local team as an after-school activity.[2][7] 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 original members and promoters of Els Tamarells, the largest Barcelona penya.[7][8][9] He had been president of CE Felanitx after coaching the team (among others), and died suddenly while travelling in 2018.[8][4]

In 2013, after she won bronze at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Felanitx town hall placed a plaque in honour of Caldentey.[10] Els Tamarells began a campaign to rename the municipal pitch where CE Felanitx play[2] after Caldentey in July 2018, and this ultimately happened in 2020;[11][12] the Camp de Futbol Es Torrentó Mariona Caldentey Oliver was the first public space in Felanitx to be named after a woman.[9]

As of 2019, Caldentey was studying Sport and Exercise Science.[6]

Club career

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Felanitx

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Caldentey began her football career in the youth ranks of CD Felanitx. The staff who registered her there took her name down as the masculine Mariano instead; Caldentey was the only girl at the club throughout her time there, but never felt excluded or weird. At under-8 (pre-benjamín [es]) level, Caldentey won the Spanish championship with Felanitx. Though her youth coaches felt she was not the best at any one thing, "she was a 9 in everything", which made her indispensable. She was also a versatile player and was fielded in all positions.[13]

When she was nine, she began playing futsal alongside football, taking part in both sports until she was twelve.[13] Caldentey then played football at Club Estudiantes CIDE (associated with the Palma Centre Internacional d'Educació).[13][14]

Felanitx presented Caldentey with an honorary shirt with her club number, and had her take the kick-off for their Trofeo Ciudad de Felanitx match against Ferriolense, in August 2013.[10]

Collerense

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She joined her first girls' team at the age of fourteen at UD Collerense, which played in the top flight of Spanish women's football at the time. She had only taken part in two training sessions before picking up her first injury, something she would be plagued with throughout her senior career. Caldentey was involved in the Collerense youth system, though played for the first team.[13] Training was in the evenings, with Caldentey travelling 50 minutes each way every day from Felanitx and returning home at almost midnight.[6]

In the 2010–11 season, she played in two games for the first team: she came on as a substitute at half time in a league match, at fourteen years old,[15] and made a 16-minute substitute appearance in the Copa de la Reina aged fifteen.[16] In the 2011–12 season, she played 21 league games and scored two goals for the first team.[17] Caldentey would later describe Collerense as a community team; relying on local talent around the Mallorcan capital meant that players became integral at a young age, but this experience set them up for success.[6] She became a regular starter in the 2012–13 season, playing 22 matches (21 as starter) and scoring seven goals.[18] By 2013, Última Hora dubbed Caldentey and teammate Patricia Guijarro as "the pride of Collerense" and the newspaper considered them to be among the best Balearic footballers, despite both being younger than seventeen.[19]

In Caldentey's last Collerense match, against Athletic Club, she received a blow to the face and her nose was broken. She was taken off in the 28th minute and needed surgery.[20]

Barcelona

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On 30 July 2014, Caldentey signed for Barcelona, the reigning Copa de la Reina and Primera División champions, after her success in the 2014 U-19 European Championship. She was the team's fourth summer signing, with Barcelona's first match of the 2014–15 season to be against Collerense.[21] During the season, she played in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Copa de la Reina, scoring in the 4–0 win versus Levante, before Barcelona was knocked out in the semifinals.

She suffered various injuries in her time at Barcelona, missing out on chunks of some seasons and not always being able to show her best level. Playing as an inside forward, Caldentey was key to this area of the team's formation and contributed to all aspects of the attack.[22]

Towards the end of what Sport called her best season for Barcelona, and one in which they won everything,[22] Caldentey announced on 5 June 2024 that she would be leaving the club at the end of the season. Having spent ten years at the club, she was among the top players for total appearances (303); goals (115, the fifth highest in club history); and trophies (25 trophies, the fourth most).[23][24]

Arsenal

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On 2 July 2024, Arsenal announced the signing of Caldentey on a free transfer. [25][26]

International career

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Youth

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Caldentey was called up the Spain under-16 team for a camp in November 2011. She had already played for the under-16 Balearic Islands team.[27]

Caldentey earned third place at the 2013 U-17 European 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.[28] In the third place match, Caldentey captained the team and scored in the 42nd minute in an 0–4 rout of Belgium.[29]

She was called up to the under-19 team for the first time in October 2013,[30] and played for them at the 2014 U-19 European Championship. Caldentey started every game in the tournament, and scored the first goal in the semifinal match against Norway.[31] She started in the final, which Spain lost to the Netherlands.[32]

Caldentey also participated in the 2016 U20 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.[33] Her goal against Canada was named goal of the tournament.[34]

Senior

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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.[35][36][37] Two months later, she made her international debut in an Algarve Cup match versus Japan, subbing on in the 73rd minute for Amanda Sampedro.[38][39] 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.[40]

She was called up to the squad for the Euro 2017. Caldentey started in two group stages games- a win against Portugal and a loss against Scotland.[41][42] 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.[43]

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 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.[44][45][46] 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.[47]

She was among Las 15, a group of players who made themselves unavailable for international selection in September 2022 due to their dissatisfaction with head coach Jorge Vilda, but one of three who was selected for the tournament squad nine months later.[48][49] She was in the starting line-up for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final as Spain defeated England 1–0 to win the trophy for the first time.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 8 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] UWCL Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Collerense 2010–11 Superliga Femenina 1 0 1 0 – – 2 0
2011–12 Primera División 21 2 0 0 – – 21 2
2012–13 22 7 0 0 – – 22 7
2013–14 24 8 0 0 – – 24 8
Total 68 17 1 0 – 69 17
Barcelona 2014–15 Primera División 26 11 2 1 – 3 0 31 12
2015–16 13 2 0 0 – 0 0 13 2
2016–17 18 3 3 0 – 4 1 25 4
2017–18 14 8 4 2 – 5 3 23 13
2018–19 20 9 1 0 – 7 2 28 11
2019–20 17 6 4 0 2 0 6 1 29 7
2020–21 34 13 3 2 1 0 9 2 47 17
2021–22 15 6 2 1 0 0 7 1 24 8
2022–23 Liga F 19 6 1 1 2 1 8 4 30 12
2023–24 27 9 5 6 2 2 11 2 45 19
Total 203 73 25 13 7 3 60 16 295 105
Arsenal 2024–25 WSL 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 16 5
Career total 279 91 26 13 7 3 68 20 380 127
  1. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Reina de Fútbol and Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España Femenina and FA Women's League Cup

International

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As of match played 3 December 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2017 11 2
2018 2 0
2019 16 1
2020 6 4
2021 11 10
2022 8 2
2023 12 4
2024 16 5
Total 82 28
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
1 30 June 2017 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain   Belgium 4–0 7–0 Friendly
2 18 September 2017 Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France   France 1–2 1–3
3 8 October 2019 Ďolíček, Prague, Czech Republic   Czech Republic 2–0 5–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
4 19 September 2020 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova   Moldova 3–0 9–0
5 7–0
6 9–0
7 27 November 2020 La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain   Moldova 4–0 10–0
8 18 February 2021 ASK Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan   Azerbaijan 7–0 13–0
9 10 June 2021 Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo, Alcorcón, Spain   Belgium 1-0 3–0 Friendly
10 16 September 2021 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroes   Faroe Islands 9–0 10–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11 21 September 2021 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary   Hungary 3–0 7–0
12 7–0
13 25 November 2021 Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain   Faroe Islands 4–0 12–0
14 8–0
15 9–0
16 30 November 2021 Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain   Scotland 2–0 8–0
17 8–0
18 25 June 2022 Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Spain   Australia 2–0 7–0 Friendly
19 8 July 2022 Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England   Finland 4–1 4–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022
20 11 August 2023 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand   Netherlands 1–0 2–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
21 22 September 2023 Gamla Ullevi, Göteborg, Sweden   Sweden 2–3 2–3 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
22 5 December 2023 La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga, Spain   Sweden 3–3 5–3
23 5–3
24 23 February 2024 Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville, Spain   France 2–0 2–0 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals
25 9 April 2024 Estadio El Plantío, Burgos, Spain   Czech Republic 3–1 3–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
26 31 May 2024 Viborg Stadion, Viborg, Denmark   Denmark 2–0 2–0
27 25 July 2024 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France   Japan 2–1 2–1 2024 Summer Olympics
28 3 December 2024 Allianz Riviera, Nice, France   France 4–2 4–2 Friendly

Honours

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Barcelona

Spain

Individual

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