Deyna Castellanos

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Deyna Castellanos
Deyna Castellanos 29 Sep 2024 (cropped).jpg
Castellanos with Bay FC in September 2024
Personal information
Full name Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis
Date of birth (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Maracay, Venezuela
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Portland Thorns
Number 10
Youth career
2013–2016 Escuela de Fútbol Juan Arango
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Florida State Seminoles 82 (48)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Atlético Madrid 58 (23)
2022–2024 Manchester City 24 (1)
2024 Bay FC 20 (2)
2025– Portland Thorns 0 (0)
International career‡
2013–2016 Venezuela U17 39 (35)
2018 Venezuela U20 6 (4)
2018– Venezuela 38 (22)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 San Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:38, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:39, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Venezuela national team.

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Early life

Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis was born on 18 April 1999 in Maracay, on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. [2]

Club career

Castellanos was awarded a scholarship to study journalism and play football at Florida State University, an experience she describes as life-changing; [2] she spent three college years with the Florida State Seminoles before signing a two-year contract with the Spanish club, Atlético Madrid on 2 January 2020. [3]

At the end of this contract, Castellanos moved to English club Manchester City, in the Women's Super League (WSL), where she signed a three-year contract on 3 June 2022; [4] she was described as the marquee signing during a high-turnover summer for the club. [2] 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. [5] On 18 September 2022, she made her WSL debut, coming on in the 70th minute during a 4–3 defeat by Aston Villa.

On 26 January 2024, Castellanos was acquired by new NWSL expansion franchise Bay FC for a transfer fee. [6] In the 2024 season, Castellanos appeared in 20 matches, starting 12, and scored 2 goals.

On 23 January 2025, Bay FC announced that they had bought out the remainder of her contract, making her a free agent. [7] The next day, Castellanos was acquired by NWSL team Portland Thorns FC and signed to a two-year contract with a club option. [8]

International career

Youth

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 [9] 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. [10] 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. [11]

Senior

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, [12] and netted four times in an 8–0 win over Bolivia four days later. [13] In 2021, at the age of 21, she was named captain of the team for the first time. [2]

Off the pitch

Castellanos started a foundation that encourages gender equality and helps provide football scholarship for South American girls. [2]

She has worked as a studio analyst for NBC and Telemundo at the 2018 (men's) and 2019 (women's) FIFA World Cups, [14] and in Spain. [2] She is a fan of tattoos and as of 2022 has over 30. [15] In Venezuela, she is known as Reina Deyna ("Queen Deyna"). [2] She learned English while at Florida State University, becoming quickly bilingual. [2]

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. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2024. [17] [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Continental [c] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Madrid 2019–20 Primera División 5010—001 [d] 070
2020–21 Primera División271320—412 [d] 13515
2021–22 Primera División261010—002 [d] 12911
Total5823400041527126
Manchester City 2022–23 Women's Super League 191324021—284
2023–24 Women's Super League500031——81
Total24132712100365
Bay FC 2024 NWSL 202———1 [e] 0212
Career total102267271626212833

International

As of match played 25 September 2023 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Venezuela 201440
201500
201600
201710
201896
201910
202000
202154
2022116
202376
Total3822
Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Castellanos goal.
List of international goals scored by Deyna Castellanos
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
15 April 2018 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1–01–0 2018 Copa América Femenina
29 April 2018Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 1–08–0
32–0
43–0
58–0
619 July 2018 Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2–12–1 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
723 October 2021 Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 3–14–1 Friendly
84–1
926 October 2021Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2–04–1
103–1
119 April 2022 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, ColombiaFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1–02–2
122–0
139 July 2022 Estadio Centenario, Armenia, ColombiaFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1–01–0 2022 Copa América Femenina
1415 July 2022Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 1–02–0
1524 July 2022Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–11–1 (2–4 p)
1614 November 2022 Estadio Municipal Los Arcos, Orihuela, Spain Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–21–2Friendly
1729 June 2023 Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3–04–0 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
181 July 2023Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1–14–1
194–1
203 July 2023Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2–02–0
215 July 2023Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2–02–1
2226 September 2023Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas, Venezuela Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1–01–0Friendly

Honors

Florida State Seminoles

Atlético Madrid

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taylor, Louise (13 October 2022). "Manchester City's Deyna Castellanos: 'I want to change the world a little bit'". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bombazo: la venezolana Deyna Castellanos ficha por el Atlético" [Bomb: Venezuelan Deyna Castellanos signs for Atlético] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Deyna Castellanos: New Man City signing eyes success in Europe". BBC Sport . 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Man City 6–0 Tomaris Turan". UEFA . 18 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bay FC signs Venezuelan international midfielder Deyna Castellanos". Bay FC. 26 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (23 January 2025). "Bay FC agrees to a buyout with high-priced Deyna Castellanos after 1 season". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Portland Thorns acquire Venezuelan forward Deyna Castellanos". Portland Thorns FC. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Castellanos: "Quiero más"" (in Spanish). FIFA. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Venezuela y Brasil se lucen en el estreno del Grupo B". 14 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
    "Brasil avanza al cuadrangular final". 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
    "Venezuela clasifica a la etapa final junto a Brasil por Grupo B". 21 January 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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  12. ↑ "Venezuela venció con lo justo a Ecuador en el inicio del grupo B" . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Venezuela goleó a Bolivia y muestra sus credenciales en Coquimbo" . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Deyna Castellanos se convirtio en comentarista deportiv de Telemundo" . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Deyna Castellanos: 10 Things You Didn't Know" . Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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