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-final 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.DatevenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1.19 February 2023CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia1–32–32023 Cup of Nations2.15 August 2023Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand2–12–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup3.20 August 2023Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia1–01–0

 Honours 
Spain

 FIFA Women's World Cup: 2023

Spain U19

 U-19 European Championship: 2018

 References 

Category:2000 births
Category:Living people
Category:Spanish footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Seville