All We Know About Deyna Castellanos biography, Career, Family, Networth

Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis, born the 18th of April, was a Venezuelan professional football player who is a forward for the FA women’s Super League club Manchester City and for the Venezuela women’s national side.

Club life

After her three years of college with Florida State, on 2 January 2020, Castellanos signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club, Atletico Madrid.

Profiling Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis

Following two seasons living in Madrid, Castellanos signed for Manchester City, a member of the Women’s Super League in England and signed an agreement for three years on 3 June 2022. 3. She made debut for Manchester City debut on 18 August 2022, during the 6-1 Champions League win against Kazakhstani team Tomaris-Turan. She scored with a penalty in the 89th minutes.

International career

Venezuela youth teams

In 2014 she was part of the Venezuela national team for under-17s who placed fourth at the 2013 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup and was runners-up in the 2014 Women’s Youth Olympics football. She was awarded the Golden Boot of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with six goals, which was equal to her co-player Gabriela Garcia. She was also a goal scorer in during the 2014 Women’s Youth Olympic football with seven. She was also the top scorer in the South American Women’s Under-17 Football Championship, scoring 12. Castellanos is the leading goal scorer for the Venezuela U-17 women’s squad with 35 goals. Castellanos is the most prolific goal scorer in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with 11.

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Castellanos was invited for selection to her place in the Venezuela U-20 women’s U-20 team in January of 2018 to play in the 2018 South American Under-20 Women’s Football Championship. She was the sole person to have scored in Group B matches , scoring three goals, including with Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile. Also, she was the sole player to score during the final round with a single goal in a 3-1 defeat to Paraguay Women’s U-20 team.

Senior team

In April of 2018, Castellanos was part of the senior team of the last edition of Copa America Femenina. She scored her first goal against Ecuador on the 5th of April and she scored four goals during a 5-0 win against Bolivia just four days later. In 2021, she was at 21 years old she was appointed captain of the team for the very first time.

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Off the pitch

Castellanos was an analyst in the studio at NBC and Telemundo during the 2019 and 2018 football world cup. She’s a big fan of tattoos, and in 2022, she has more than 30 tattoos.

Awards

In the Best FIFA Football Awards 2017, Castellanos was named to the shortlist of three women for”The” Best FIFA Women’s Player. Her selection sparked controversy. Megan Rapinoe was outspoken about the nomination, claiming that Castellanos was a new player and hadn’t been a professional player, nor participated at a major senior national team event when she made her selection.

Honours

Atletico Madrid

Supercopa de Espana Femenina: 2020-21

“I’m costly, I already know that,” Deyna Castellanos jokingly said, before hopping off into the bustle and hustle of her first Manchester City media day to complete the rest of her obligations.

However, there aren’t any exaggerations or gimmicks about Castellanos. It is a story of fighting determination, perseverance and ultimately the faith that anyone is able to achieve whatever they set their minds to, if given the opportunity to imagine.

Castellanos has humble origins. Growing in Venezuela opportunities were more difficult for women and girls, which included her.

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The forward, still only 23, was determined to break the restrictive mould from which she was unfairly cast from the minute she set foot on a muddied field in her hometown of Maracay.

“Queen Deyna” as she’s affectionately known back home, has a vision that transcends far beyond the chalked white lines of a football pitch – rigid and uncompromising in their structure.