Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Venezuela women's national team.

Deyna Castellanos

Castellanos with Atlético Madrid Femenino in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis
Date of birth	(1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth	Maracay, Venezuela
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	10
Youth career
2013–2016	Escuela de Fútbol Juan Arango
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	FSU Seminoles	82	(48)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Atlético Madrid	59	(23)
2022–	Manchester City	1	(0)
National team‡
2013–2016	Venezuela U17	39	(35)
2018	Venezuela U20	6	(4)
2018–	Venezuela	30	(15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Club career

After spending her three college years at Florida State, on 2 January 2020, Castellanos signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club, Atlético Madrid.[2]

After two years in Madrid, Castellanos signed for Manchester City, a member of the Women's Super League (WSL) in England, where she signed a three-year contract on 3 June 2022.[3] She made her Manchester City debut on 18 August 2022, in a 6–0 Champions League win against Kazakhstani side Tomaris-Turan, scoring a penalty in the 89th minute.[4] On 18 September 2022, she made her WSL debut, coming on in the 70th minute during a 4–3 defeat by Aston Villa.

International career

Venezuela youth teams

In 2014, she was a member of the Venezuela national under-17 team who finished fourth in the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[5] and runners-up in the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic football. She won the Golden Boot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with six goals, equalling her teammate Gabriela García and was also a goalscorer of the 2014 Women's Youth Olympic football with seven. She was also as a top scorer of the 2016 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship with 12. Castellanos is the top goalscorer of the Venezuela U-17 women's team with 35. Castellanos is currently the all-time leading goalscorer of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with 11.

Castellanos was called up to the Venezuela U-20 women's team in January 2018 for the 2018 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship. She was the only player to score in the Group B matches with three, once against Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile.[6] She was also the only player to score in the final stage, scoring once in a 3–1 defeat against Paraguay U-20 women's team.[7]

Senior team

In April 2018, Castellanos was part of the senior team in the 2018 Copa América Femenina. She scored on her debut against Ecuador on 5 April,[8] and netted four times in an 8–0 win over Bolivia four days later.[9] In 2021, at the age of 21, she was named captain of the team for the first time.[10]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 April 2018	Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2018 Copa América Femenina
2.	9 April 2018		Bolivia	1–0	8–0
3.				2–0
4.				3–0
5.				8–0
6.	19 July 2018	Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia	Jamaica	2–1	2–1	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
7.	23 October 2021	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador	Ecuador	3–1	4–1	Friendly
8.				4–1
9.	26 October 2021		Ecuador	2–0	4–1
10.				3–1
11.	9 April 2022	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia	Colombia	1–0	2–2
12.				2–0
13.	9 July 2022	Estadio Centenario, Armenia, Colombia	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2022 Copa América Femenina
14.	15 July 2022		Peru	1–0	2–0
15.	24 July 2022		Chile	1–1	1–1 (2–4 p)

Off the pitch

Castellanos has worked as a studio analyst for NBC and Telemundo at the 2018 and 2019 football world cups.[11] She is a fan of tattoos and as of 2022 has over 30.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 May 2022.[13][14]

Awards

In The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017, Castellanos was named to the three woman shortlist for The Best FIFA Women's Player. Her nomination created some controversy. Megan Rapinoe was outspoken about this nomination, complaining that Castellanos was an unknown player and had not played professionally, nor in a major senior national team tournament at the time of her nomination.[15]

Honours

Atlético Madrid

• Supercopa de España Femenina: 2020–21

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deyna Castellanos.

• Her official site
• Her Soccerway profile
• Her Instagram account
• Her Twitter account

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