Athenea del Castillo
Del Castillo with Deportivo La Coruña in 2019
Personal information
Full name Athenea del Castillo Beivide
Date of birth (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000
Place of birth Solares, Spain
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 22
Youth career
2011–2013 Reocín
2013–2017 Ave Fénix Racing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Racing Féminas 46 (37)
2019–2021 Deportivo 49 (11)
2021– Real Madrid 65 (13)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U19 13 (2)
2019 Spain U20 0 (0)
2019 Cantabria 1 (1)
2020– Spain 34 (9)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner2023 Australia–New Zealand
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner2018 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Athenea del Castillo Beivide (born 24 October 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Real Madrid CF and the Spain women's national team.

Club career

Early career

Athenea started playing at Reocín in Cantabria at the age of 11, later moving to Ave Fénix Racing where she remained until the end of the 2018–19 Segunda División season, her time there encompassing a 2017 merger whereby the team became part of Racing Santander.

Deportivo

In August 2019, it was announced that Athenea would be joining the newly promoted Primera División club, Deportivo Abanca, without the permission of her old club who tried to retain her registration, while the Galicians maintained their offer of a professional contract took precedence.[1] Finally, in September, Racing Féminas formally allowed her transfer.[2]

On 8 September 2019, Athenea made her Primera División debut for Deportivo against RCD Espanyol and scored her first goal on 19 January 2020.[3]

Real Madrid

On 26 July 2021, following Deportivo's relegation, it was announced that she would be joining Real Madrid.[4]

International career

Athenea was called into the Spain U19 squad for the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Switzerland, where the team won the title; she was also part of the squad that finished runners-up in the same competition a year later.[5] She made her senior international debut in October 2020, becoming the first serving Deportivo player to gain a full cap.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 October 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CDE Racing Féminas 2017–18 Primera Federación 24 15 — — — 24 15
2018–19 Primera Federación 22 22 — — — 22 22
Total 46 37 — — — 46 37
Deportivo de La Coruña 2019–20 Liga F 17 2 2 1 — — 19 3
2020–21 Liga F 32 9 0 0 — — 32 9
Total 49 11 2 1 — — 51 12
Real Madrid 2021–22 Liga F 29 5 3 0 10 0 1 0 43 5
2022–23 Liga F 30 6 4 1 8 3 1 0 43 10
2023–24 Liga F 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 3
Total 65 13 7 1 20 4 2 0 94 18
Career total 160 61 9 2 20 4 2 0 191 67

International

As of match played 31 October 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202010
202163
2022141
2023135
Total349
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each del Castillo goal.
List of international goals scored by Athenea del Castillo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 September 2021 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 4–0 7–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying
2 21 October 2021 Estadio Príncipe Felipe, Cáceres, Spain  Morocco 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3 3–0
4 11 November 2022 Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain  Argentina 6–0 7–0
5 22 February 2023 McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle, Australia  Czech Republic 3–0 3–0 2023 Cup of Nations
6 11 April 2023 Estadi Municipal de Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain  China 1–0 3–0 Friendly
7 22 September 2023 Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Sweden 1–1 3–2 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
8 31 October 2023 Stadion Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–5 1–7 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
9 1–6

Honours

Spain

Spain U-19

References

  1. ↑ "El fichaje que enfrenta al Dépor y al Racing de Santander" [The signing that puts Dépor against Racing Santander]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "El Racing libera a Athenea del Castillo, una historia de mentiras, presiones y denuncias" [Racing frees Athenea del Castillo, a story of lies, pressure and denunciations]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Golazo a lo Messi de Athenea, del Depor" [Messi-like great goal by Athenea, of Depor]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Official: Real Madrid Sign Athenea del Castillo". Managing Madrid. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Athenea del Castillo at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "Athenea del Castillo hace historia al debutar con la selección española" [Athenea del Castillo makes history by debuting with the Spanish team]. Riazor.org (in Spanish). 23 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "ATHENEA DEL CASTILLO". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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