Camille Catala (born 6 May 1991 in Montpellier) is a French footballer who plays for French club Paris FC of the Division 1 Féminine. Catala plays as a striker and has been active with the France women's national football team on the youth circuit. In 2010, she played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.
![]() Catala playing for Saint-Étienne against PSG | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Camille Catala | ||
Date of birth | (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Paris FC | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2008 | Saint-Christol-lès-Alès | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2012 | Saint-Étienne | 81 | (26) |
2012– | Paris FC | 119 | (48) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | France U17 | 3 | (1) |
2009–2010 | France U19 | 19 | (4) |
2010 | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
2011– | France | 31 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018 |
Catala began her career at Saint-Christol-lès-Alès. With the club, she made an appearance in a Challenge de France match before departing for Racing Club de Saint-Étienne, where she was inserted as a starter upon arrival. In her first season with the club, she appeared in 15 matches scoring only one goal, which came on 10 May 2009 in a 2–2 draw with Nord Allier Yzeure. The following season saw RC Saint-Étienne merge with Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne to form the club's women's section. Catala again entered the season as a starter scoring her first goal of the season in her club's 1–4 loss to Nord Allier Yzeure.
In June 2012, it was announced that Catala would be joining Juvisy.
Catala has been active with the women's section of the national team. She has earned caps with the women's under-17 and under-19 teams. With the under-17 team, she participated in both the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where France were eliminated in the group stage. Catala's only goal in the World Cup came in France's 6–2 thrashing of Paraguay. With the under-19s, Catala played in the La Manga Cup international tournament and the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship reached the semi-finals before bowing out to Sweden in extra time. She appeared for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2016[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saint-Étienne | 2008–09 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
2009–10 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 24 | 9 | ||
2010–11 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | — | 27 | 11 | ||
2011–12 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | 24 | 14 | ||
Total | 81 | 26 | 12 | 9 | — | 93 | 35 | ||
Juvisy | 2012–13 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 15 |
2013–14 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 10 | |
2014–15 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 24 | 14 | |
2015–16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 22 | 11 | |
Total | 80 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 98 | 50 | |
Career total | 161 | 63 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 191 | 85 |
National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
France | 2011–12 | 10 | 2 |
2012–13 | 9 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 2 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 July 2012 | Stade de la Source, Orléans, France | ![]() | 6–0 | 6–0 | Friendly | |||||
2 | 28 July 2012 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2012 Summer Olympics[1] | |||||
3 | 7 July 2017 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |||||
Correct as of 20 June 2018 |
France women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Fourth place | ||
---|---|---|
![]() |
France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 | ||
---|---|---|
![]() |
France squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | ||
---|---|---|
![]() |
Paris FC (women) – current squad | |
---|---|
![]() ![]() | This biographical article related to women's association football in France is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |