Anicka Castañeda

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Arrieta and the surname or paternal family name is Castañeda.
Anicka Castañeda
Castañeda with her bronze medal from the 2021 Southeast Asian Games
Personal information
Full name Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda[1][2][3]
Date of birth (1999-12-15) December 15, 1999 (age 25)[4]
Place of birth Mandaluyong, Philippines
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[5]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 De La Salle University
Number 29
Youth career
–2017 De La Salle Zobel
2017 National Capital Region
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 De La Salle University
2024- De La Salle University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Mount Druitt Town Rangers
International career‡
2017– Philippines 38 (11)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the  Philippines
AFF Women's Championship
Winner 2022 Philippines Team
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:11; August 5, 2023 (UTC)

Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda (born December 15, 1999) is a Filipina footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mount Druitt Town Rangers and the Philippines women's national team.

Personal life

Castañeda was born on December 16, 1999.[6] She has a brother and an elder sister, Sara Castañeda, who is also a footballer and has played for the national team as well. She attended high school at De La Salle Zobel[3] before moving to De La Salle University.[7]

Career

Castañeda played for the women's junior futsal team of De La Salle Zobel. She was named junior MVP at the WNCAA in 2016.[8] She was also the captain of the National Capital Region team that played at the secondary girls event of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa.[9]

Castañeda was part of the Philippines women's national football team that played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in April 2017. The national squad secured qualification with one match to spare by drawing Bahrain 1–1.[10] She scored for the national team in a prior match against Tajikistan.[11] Castañeda was also part of the team that competed at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[6]

After high school, Castañeda joined the women's team of the De La Salle University but has yet to feature in the UAAP since Season 80. She was unavailable for Season 80 due to national team commitments while an injury made her unavailable for Season 81.[7] Season 82 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

She would play for the Philippines at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, helping her squad qualify for their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023.[12] Along with Meryll Serrano, she was the only native-born Filipina on the World Cup squad; 18 of her 22 teammates were born in the United States.[13]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. April 7, 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe  Tajikistan 2–0 8–0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2. 7–0
3. April 7, 2022 Wanderers Football Park, Sydney  Fiji 2–0 7–2 Friendly
4. 6–0
5. April 22, 2022  Tonga 5–0 16–0
6. 11–0
7. April 30, 2022 Valentine Sports Park, Sydney  Tonga 2–0 5–0
8. 3–0
9. May 9, 2022 Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả  Cambodia 5–0 5–0 2021 Southeast Asian Games
10. July 6, 2022 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila  Singapore 7–0 7–0 2022 AFF Women's Championship
11. July 8, 2022  Malaysia 4–0 4–0

Honours

International

Philippines

References

  1. ^ Anicka Castañeda at Soccerway. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Anicka Castañeda". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Philippines (PHI)" (PDF). FIFA. July 11, 2023. p. 23. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Profile of Anicka Castañeda". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Castaneda, Anicka". KL 2017 Results System. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Capule, Danielle Erika; Reyes, Alfonso (February 17, 2019). "Sister act: Castañeda sisters go for the goal". The LaSallian. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "DLSZ, CKSC, CEU dribblers keep titles; DLSZ, SBCA tossers prevai". Manila Times. November 22, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Reyes, Julian Rikki (April 27, 2017). "Panganiban leads NCR past CAR in secondary girls futsal". Rappler. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "Malditas tie Bahrain". Tempo. April 12, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  11. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (April 23, 2017). "Pinays on the front foot". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  12. ^ a b del Carmen, Lorenzo (February 8, 2022). "Sara Castaneda relishes super-sub role in historic Asian Cup campaign". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  13. ^ Bushnell, Henry (July 20, 2023). "The making of America's other Women's World Cup team: The Philippines". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved July 25, 2023.


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