Sara Isobel Arrieta Castañeda (born December 5, 1996)[3] is a Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for PFF Women's League club Kaya-Iloilo and the Philippines women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sara Isobel Arrieta Castañeda[1][2][3] | ||
| Date of birth | December 5, 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | San Juan, Philippines | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kaya-Iloilo | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| De La Salle Zobel | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | De La Salle University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023- | Kaya-Iloilo | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| – | Philippines U16 | ||
| – | Philippines U19 | ||
| 2015– | Philippines | 45 | (10) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 3, 2022 | |||
Youth and collegiate career
editCastañeda has a younger brother and sister, Anicka Castañeda.[4] She took up the sport of football at age 5, after witnessing her brother play for the Makati Football Club. She attended De La Salle Zobel for her high school studies and was part of her school's football team. During her high stint, she was awarded the Athlete of the Year twice.[5]
Castañeda later played for the football team of her college, De La Salle University.[5] With her team, she competed in 2016 in the UAAP Season 78 football tournaments and scored in the final against UP Lady Maroons but lost with 1–2. She became after the tournament Rookie of the Year.
International career
editBefore her stint with her college, Castañeda has already played for the under-16 and under-19 Philippine national football teams. She made her debut for the senior team at age 18 in May 2015 at the 2015 AFF Women's Championship.[5] She also participated in the 2016 edition.
Castañeda helped the Philippines qualify for their first AFC Women's Asian Cup since the qualification stage was introduced. She scored 4 goals in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in 2017 including the equalizer in the 1–1 tie against Bahrain that secured the Philippines qualification for the 2018 edition of the continental tournament.[6]
Despite Castañeda's contribution to the qualification, she had to secure a berth for the Philippine squad that will participate at the final tournament of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. By February 2018 she was removed from the national pool[6] but was later reinstated.[7] She was included in the final-23 roster for the 2018[8] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9] In the 2022 tournament where the Philippines qualified for their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup, she was mostly utilized as a substitute.[9]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | April 3, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |  United Arab Emirates |
4–0 |
4–0 |
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | April 5, 2017 |  Iraq |
3–0 |
4–0
| ||
| 3. | April 7, 2017 |  Tajikistan |
4–0 |
8–0
| ||
| 4. | April 10, 2017 |  Bahrain |
1–0 |
1–1
| ||
| 5. | November 4, 2018 | Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan |  Singapore |
7–0 |
9–0
|
2020 Summer Olympics qualification |
| 6. | November 8, 2018 | Tajikistan |
2–1 |
3–1
| ||
| 7. | 3–1
| |||||
| 8. | April 9, 2019 | Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Palestine |
6–0 |
7–0
| |
| 9. | 7–0
| |||||
| 10. | 17 August 2019 | IPE Chonburi Stadium 1, Chonburi, Thailand |  East Timor |
2–0 | 7–0 | 2019 AFF Women's Championship |
References
edit- ^ Sara Castañeda at Soccerway. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Sara Castañeda". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "AFF MYANMAR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 - FINAL REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS & OFFICIALS" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. pp. 7–8. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
- ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (August 18, 2017). "Stage parents: Malditas have someone to watch over them during SEA Games campaign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c Manzano, Claro Ignacio (April 4, 2016). "Sara Castañeda". The La Sallian. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ a b del Carmen, Lorenzo (February 23, 2018). "Sara Castaneda sits out 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "PH Women's Football team national pool and fixtures". Rappler. April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "Philippines WNT Lineup For AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018". Philippine Football Federation. April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ a b del Carmen, Lorenzo (February 8, 2022). "Sara Castaneda relishes super-sub role in historic Asian Cup campaign". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
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