Maite Oroz

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Maite Oroz
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Oroz with Tottenham Hotspur in 2024
Personal information
Full name Maite Oroz Areta
Date of birth (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Huarte, Spain
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tottenham Hotspur
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2010 Huarte
2010–2013 Osasuna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2014 Osasuna
2014–2015 Athletic Club B 23 (10)
2015–2020 Athletic Club 107 (8)
2020–2024 Real Madrid 110 (12)
2024– Tottenham Hotspur 3 (0)
International career
2013 [2] [3] Spain U16
2013–2015 Spain U17 13 (4)
2016–2017 Spain U19 16 (8)
2016–2018 Spain U20 9 (0)
2017–2020 Basque Country 2 (0)
2017–2020 Navarre 1 (0)
2021– Spain 15 (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
UEFA Women's Nations League
Winner 2024 France–Netherlands–Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:18, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Maite Oroz Areta (born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Spain national team. She made her senior club debut with Athletic Club in 2015 and departed in 2020.

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Club career

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] [5]

Oroz warming up with Athletic Club, 2017 Real Sociedad vs Athletic Club CSC 0571 (34319026236) (oroz).jpg
Oroz warming up with Athletic Club, 2017

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, [6] 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 [7] (one of several such injuries suffered by players in Athletic's various teams over a short period) [8] which ruled her out for the entire 2018–19 season. [9] Along with teammate and friend Damaris Egurrola, [10] she decided to leave the club when her contract expired in summer 2020. [11] 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. [12]

She immediately became a part of Real Madrid's history by being one of the 11 players to start in their first official match in October 2020 (with almost a full team of new signings, they lost 4–0 at home to Barcelona). [13] Two weeks later she was among the scorers in their first victory, and by March 2023 had made her 100th appearance for the Merengues, reaching the milestone in the same match as goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez. [14]

On 13 September 2024, Oroz signed for Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year contract. [15]

International career

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, [16] 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. [17] [18]

She has also played for the unofficial Basque Country and Navarre representative teams, making her debut for both in 2017. [19] [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 September 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Continental [c] Other [d] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Athletic Club 2015–16 Primera División 30510315
2016–17Primera División2711021302
2017–18Primera División26230292
2018–19Primera División300030
2019–20Primera División21020230
Total107870211169
Real Madrid 2020–21 Primera División30110311
2021–22 Primera División262306110363
2022–23 Liga F2934010010343
2023–24 Liga F245207010345
2024–25 Liga F1100000011
Total110121002313013613
Tottenham Hotspur 2024–25 Women's Super League 10000010
Career total21820170002523025322

International

As of match played 17 July 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202110
202241
202373
202430
Total154
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oroz goal.
List of international goals scored by Maite Oroz
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 November 2022 Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–07–0 Friendly
216 February 2023 Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, Australia Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1–03–0 2023 Cup of Nations
326 September 2023 Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba, Spain Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 5–05–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
431 October 2023 Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7–17–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Spain

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