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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
 Eibar (on loan from 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[a] (born 22 November 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eibar, on loan from Athletic Club.

Club career

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Born in Getxo and raised in Portugalete, Peña started her career at Pauldarrak.[4] She joined Athletic Club in 2014,[5] appearing for their reserve team for two seasons. She then moved to the United States to study at the University of Pittsburgh, where she played for their NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship team, the Panthers.[6]

Upon completing her four-year degree course (in marketing and supply chain management) and returning to Spain in 2020, she again signed for Athletic,[7][8] this time to compete for a place in the senior team with Andrea de la Nava (a former teammate at Pauldarrak), making six 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

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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

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  1. ^ In this 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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