Mariana Speckmaier

Mariana Sofía Speckmaier Fernández (born 26 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for A-League Women club Wellington Phoenix. Born and raised in the United States to Venezuelan parents, she caps for the Venezuela women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Speckmaier and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Mariana Speckmaier
Personal information
Full name Mariana Sofía Speckmaier Fernández[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 17
Youth career
Boca United FC
MAST Makos
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Clemson Tigers 65 (25)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Washington Spirit 3 (0)
2022 CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
2022–2023 Valur 11 (1)
2023 Washington Spirit 5 (1)
2023– Wellington Phoenix 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Venezuela U20 3 (1)
2021–2023 Venezuela 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:10, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Early life

Speckmaier was born and raised in Florida,[3] living in Miami.[4]

High school and college career

Speckmaier has attended the MAST Academy in Miami, Florida and the Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.[4]

Club career

In January 2021, Speckmaier was selected by Washington Spirit in the 2021 NWSL Draft.[5]

On 21 February 2022, Speckmaier signed for Russian club CSKA Moscow on a two-year contract.[6] As three days later began the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she did not join the club and the deal was aborted.

In May 2022, Speckmaier signed with Valur.[7] She made six appearances for the club.[8]

On 28 June 2023, Washington Spirit re-signed Speckmaier to a short-term national team replacement contract.[9]

In August 2023, Speckmaier joined New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix.[10]

International career

Speckmaier represented Venezuela at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8] She made her senior debut on 8 April 2021.[11]

International goals
Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 April 2023Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina Argentina1–01–1Friendly

Honors

Washington Spirit

References
  1. "List of Players" (PDF). FIFAdata. 21 November 2016. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. "Mariana Speckmaier". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. "Speckmaier's strike for the ages". FIFA. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. "Mariana Speckmaier". Clemson Tigers. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. Decker, Ian (13 January 2021). "Washington Spirit select Mariana Speckmaier 39th overall in the 2021 NWSL Draft". Washington Spirit.
  6. "Mariana Speckmaier joined WFC CSKA". CSKA Moscow. 21 February 2022.
  7. Sindri Sverrisson (5 May 2022). "Valur fær tvo erlenda leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  8. Mariana Speckmaier at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  9. "Washington Spirit Signs Two National Team Replacement Players" (Press release). Washington Spirit. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  10. "Phoenix sign Venezuela international". Wellington Phoenix. 18 August 2023.
  11. Latreite, Joaquín (8 April 2021). "Venezuela y Argentina empataron en el primer amistoso". Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2021.


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