Carmen Menayo Montero (born 14 April 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Primera División club Atlético Madrid.[1]
![]() Carmen Menayo with Atlético Madrid Femenino in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carmen Menayo Montero | ||
Date of birth | (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Puebla de la Calzada, Spain | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Santa Teresa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Santa Teresa | 57 | (1) |
2016– | Atlético Madrid | 123 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Spain U16 | ||
2013–2015 | Spain U17 | 22 | (2) |
2015–2017 | Spain U19 | 22 | (4) |
2016–2018 | Spain U20 | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2020 |
On 19 June 2014, Menayo signed for Santa Teresa, which had just been promoted to the Primera División. She made her debut in the Primera División on 7 September 2014, at the age of 16, where her team lost to Transportes Alcaine by 3 to 1.[2] She was a starter throughout the season[3] and only lost one game per call with the Spain Under-17 team and scored a goal. Although Menayo came to the team as a left winger or forward, she was delaying her position to the side, and with the injury of Paralejo, manager Juan Carlos Antúnez, reconverted her to central defender. The team finished the season in ninth position, achieving the goal of maintaining category.
In the 2015-16 season, Menayo continued to start and only missed two games. Santa Teresa remained in the Primera División by finishing in eleventh position.
Menayo always wanted to study physiotherapy in Madrid and in 2016, after rejecting several offers from other clubs, she had the opportunity to play for Atlético Madrid, with which she could complement her football practice with her studies. On 5 July 2016, Atlético Madrid announced that they officially signed Menayo.[4]
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Menayo is in a relationship with her former Atlético Madrid teammate Lola Gallardo.[5]
Atlético Madrid Femenino – current squad | |
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