Sara Castañeda

Sara Isobel Arrieta Castañeda (born December 5, 1996)[3] is a Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Philippines women's national team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Arrieta and the surname or paternal family name is Castañeda.
Sara Castañeda
Personal information
Full name Sara Isobel Arrieta Castañeda[1][2][3]
Date of birth (1996-12-05) December 5, 1996
Place of birth San Juan, Philippines
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
De La Salle Zobel
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– De La Salle University
International career‡
– Philippines U16
– Philippines U19
2015– Philippines 45 (10)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 3, 2022

Youth and collegiate career

Castañeda has a younger brother and sister, Anicka Castañeda.[4] She took up the sport of football at age 5, after witnessing her brother play for the Makati Football Club. She attended De La Salle Zobel for her high school studies and was part of her school's football team. During her high stint, she was awarded the Athlete of the Year twice.[5]

Castañeda later played for the football team of her college, De La Salle University.[5] With her team, she competed in 2016 in the UAAP Season 78 football tournaments and scored in the final against UP Lady Maroons but lost with 1–2. She became after the tournament Rookie of the Year.

International career

Before her stint with her college, Castañeda has already played for the under-16 and under-19 Philippine national football teams. She made her debut for the senior team at age 18 in May 2015 at the 2015 AFF Women's Championship.[5] She also participated in the 2016 edition.

Castañeda helped the Philippines qualify for their first AFC Women's Asian Cup since the qualification stage was introduced. She scored 4 goals in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in 2017 including the equalizer in the 1–1 tie against Bahrain that secured the Philippines qualification for the 2018 edition of the continental tournament.[6]

Despite Castañeda's contribution to the qualification, she had to secure a berth for the Philippine squad that will participate at the final tournament of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. By February 2018 she was removed from the national pool[6] but was later reinstated.[7] She was included in the final-23 roster for the 2018[8] and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[9] In the 2022 tournament where the Philippines qualified for their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup, she was mostly utilized as a substitute.[9]

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 3, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan United Arab Emirates
4–0
4–0
2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.April 5, 2017 Iraq
3–0
4–0
3.April 7, 2017 Tajikistan
4–0
8–0
4.April 10, 2017 Bahrain
1–0
1–1
5.November 4, 2018Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Singapore
7–0
9–0
 2020 Summer Olympics qualification
6.November 8, 2018 Tajikistan
2–1
3–1
7.
3–1
8.April 9, 2019Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Palestine
6–0
7–0
9.
7–0
10.17 August 2019IPE Chonburi Stadium 1, Chonburi, Thailand Timor-Leste2–07–02019 AFF Women's Championship

References
  1. Sara Castañeda at Soccerway. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. "Sara Castañeda". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. "AFF MYANMAR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 - FINAL REGISTRATION OF PLAYERS & OFFICIALS" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. pp. 7–8. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  4. Reyes, Marc Anthony (August 18, 2017). "Stage parents: Malditas have someone to watch over them during SEA Games campaign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. Manzano, Claro Ignacio (April 4, 2016). "Sara Castañeda". The La Sallian. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  6. del Carmen, Lorenzo (February 23, 2018). "Sara Castaneda sits out 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  7. "PH Women's Football team national pool and fixtures". Rappler. April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  8. "Philippines WNT Lineup For AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018". Philippine Football Federation. April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  9. del Carmen, Lorenzo (February 8, 2022). "Sara Castaneda relishes super-sub role in historic Asian Cup campaign". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 9, 2022.


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