Maite Oroz Areta (born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Real Madrid CF and the Spain women's national team. She made her senior club debut with Athletic Club in 2015 and departed in 2020.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maite Oroz Areta | ||
Date of birth | (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Huarte, Spain | ||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2010 | Huarte | ||
2010–2013 | Osasuna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Osasuna | ||
2014–2015 | Athletic Club B | 23 | (10) |
2015–2020 | Athletic Club | 107 | (8) |
2020– | Real Madrid | 62 | (3) |
National team | |||
2013[2][3] | Spain U16 | ||
2013–2015 | Spain U17 | 13 | (4) |
2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 16 | (8) |
2016–2018 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0) |
2017– | Basque Country | 2 | (0) |
2017– | Navarre | 1 | (0) |
2021– | Spain | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2022 |
Born in Huarte, Navarre, Oroz began playing football with boys in the village team CD Huarte from the age of 6,[2] joining the youth system at Osasuna in nearby Pamplona aged 12. From that early age, she was marked out as a promising talent due to her skill on the ball, creativity and confidence.[2][3] She played with Osasuna's senior team for a season in the Segunda División before the women's section of the club was disbanded in 2014, leading her to join Athletic Club.[4]
Following a year with the club's B-team,[2] she made her senior team debut in September 2015 and became a regular from then on, making 30 appearances in the 2015–16 Primera División as Athletic finished as champions. She played and scored in the subsequent 2016–17 UEFA Champions League,[5] but the club did not progress beyond the opening knockout round.
In September 2018, Oroz sustained a serious injury, rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament of her left knee during a league match against Atlético Madrid[6] (one of several such injuries suffered by players in Athletic's various teams over a short period)[7] which ruled her out for the entire 2018–19 season.[8] Along with teammate and friend Damaris Egurrola,[9] she decided to leave the club when her contract expired in summer 2020.[10] In July 2020, after she had already agreed to join Real Madrid Femenino, a court case regarding the legality of 'compensation lists' for players in Spanish women's football confirmed that her new employers would not have to pay a fee to Athletic Club.[11]
Oroz was involved with Spanish national age-group teams at several levels and with much success, being a member of the under-17 squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship,[3] silver at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and gold at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship;[2] the under-19 squad which reached the final of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship then won the 2017 tournament; and the under-20 squad who were runners-up at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup,[12] having also been involved in the 2016 edition.[1]
In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.[13][14]
She has also played for the unofficial Basque Country and Navarre representative teams, making her debut for both in 2017.[15][16]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 November 2022 | Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
Real Madrid Femenino – current squad | |
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