Olga Carmona

**Olga Carmona García** (born June 12, 2000) is a professional football player from Spain. She plays as a left back for a team named Real Madrid in Liga F, and she also represents the Spain national team. She was born in Seville, a city in Andalusia. Carmona started playing football when she was six years old with Sevilla Este.

## Career

In her first season as a professional player, Carmona played 25 matches and scored five goals for the team Sevilla. They finished in the 12th position. In 2007, she joined the youth team of Sevilla FC and stayed there for nine years. During the 2016–17 season, Carmona moved up to the first team, which played in the second division of Spanish soccer, known as Segunda División. In her first year with the team, they got promoted to the top division, called Primera División. For the next three years, her team ranked in the middle of the league. Carmona also got to the semi-finals of two domestic cup tournaments, the 2018–19 and 2019–20, but her team Sevilla lost to Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona, respectively.

In the summer of 2020, Carmona joined Real Madrid's newly created women's soccer team. She was part of the U-19 Spanish national team that won the 2018 European Championship. They beat Germany 1–0 in the final, and Carmona scored four goals in the qualifying matches and the finals. She also played in the U-19 European Championship finals again the next year, but her team lost in the semi-finals against France.

On April 13, 2021, Carmona played her first match for the senior national team of Spain in a friendly game against Mexico. In the year 2023, Carmona played an important role in Spain's victory in the FIFA World Cup. She became the captain of the Spain squad in both the semi-fina<nowiki/>l and final matches, and she scored important goals in both of these matches. During the semi-final match against Sweden on August 15, Carmona scored a goal from far away, helping her team win 2–1. In the championship match against England, she scored the only goal of the game, which led Spain to a 1–0 victory, and they became the champions. Carmona was also chosen as the best player in the final match.

## Career statistics

|No.|Date|venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|19 February 2023|CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia||align="center"|**1**–3|align="center"|2–3|2023 Cup of Nations||
|2.|15 August 2023|Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand||align="center"|**2**–1|align="center"|2–1|rowspan="2"|2023 FIFA Women's World Cup|
|3.|20 August 2023|Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia||align="center"|**1**–0|align="center"|1–0|||

## Honours

**Spain**

- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2023

**Spain U19**

- U-19 European Championship: 2018

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Olga Carmona
- **image**: Olga Carmona 2020 04.png
- **caption**: Carmona in 2020
- **fullname**: Olga Carmona García
- **birth place**: Seville, Spain
- **height**: 1.59 m
- **position**: Left back, Midfielder#Winger, winger, Wing-back (association football), wing-back
- **currentclub**: Real Madrid Femenino, Real Madrid
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2006–2007
- **youthclubs1**: Sevilla Este
- **youthyears2**: 2007–2017
- **youthclubs2**: Sevilla FC (women), Sevilla
- **years1**: 2017–2020
- **clubs1**: Sevilla FC (women), Sevilla
- **caps1**: 65
- **goals1**: 7
- **years2**: 2020–
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid Femenino, Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 82
- **goals2**: 10
- **nationalyears1**: 2018
- **nationalteam1**: Spain women's national under-19 football team, Spain U19
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2021–
- **nationalteam2**: Spain women's national under-23 football team, Spain U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2021–
- **nationalteam3**: Spain women's national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps3**: 22
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **club-update**: 19 May 2023
- **ntupdate**: 20 August 2023