Amaia Peña

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Amaia Peña
Personal information
Full name Amaia Peña de las Heras
Date of birth (1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Getxo, Spain[2]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Athletic Club
)
Youth career
2010–2012 Pauldarrak
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Pittsburgh Panthers 35 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Pauldarrak
2014–2016
Athletic Club B
 31 (0)
2020–
Athletic Club
 9 (0)
2021–2022 → Eibar (loan) 6 (0)
2023– → Eibar (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2015 Spain U17 4 (0)
2016 Spain U19 7 (0)
2022– Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:46, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:46, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Amaia Peña de las Heras

Athletic Club
.

Club career

Born in

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship team, the Panthers.[6]

Upon completing her four-year degree course (in

Primera División appearances in the 2020–21 season. With the arrival of Mariasun Quiñones that summer to be the first choice at Lezama, Peña joined Eibar on a one-year loan deal,[9] where she was a back-up option behind Malena Mieres and Noelia García
.

Having signed a new contract tying her to Athletic until the summer of 2025,[10] Peña was loaned to Eibar again for the 2023–24 season;[11] however, as in her first spell there she was unable to establish herself in the side, with María Miralles and Noelia selected ahead of her when available.

International career

Peña was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in 2015 (Iceland), being named in the 'Team of the Tournament' as her team won the competition. She also played at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (Slovakia) in which Spain were the runners-up, and was in the squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (Papua New Guinea), although she did not make an appearance with Mariasun Quiñones chosen as the starting goalkeeper.[1]

She has also been selected for the unofficial Basque Country women's national football team which plays only occasionally, making her first appearance in December 2022 against Chile.[12]

References

  1. Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
    is Peña and the second or maternal family name is De las Heras.
  1. ^ a b Amaia Peña at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Amaia". BDFutbol. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Profile of Amaia Peña". laliga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Amaia". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ El Athletic confirma el fichaje de Yulema Corres del Aurrera, además de cinco jugadoras para el B [Athletic confirms the signing of Yulema Corres of Aurrera, in addition to five players for B], Txapeldunak, 6 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ 2019 Women's Soccer Roster | Pena, Amaia, Pittsburgh Panthers. Retrieved 1 November 2021
  7. ^ "Amaia Peña signs with Athletic Club in her native Spain". Pittsburgh Soccer Now. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. ^ Amaia Peña has come home, Athletic Bilbao, 23 August 2020
  9. ^ "Amaia Peña De las Heras llega cedida por el Athletic Club hasta final de temporada" [Amaia Peña De las Heras arrives on loan from Athletic Club until the end of the season] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  10. ^ Amaia Peña renews contract until 2025, Athletic Club, 29 June 2023
  11. ^ Eibar bring in Amaia Peña and Eider Arana on loan from Athletic Club, SD Eibar, 18 July 2023
  12. ^ "La Euskal Selekzioa logra una contundente victoria ante Chile (3-0)" [The Basque Selection achieves a resounding victory against Chile (3-0)]. EITB (in Spanish). 21 December 2022.

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