27 Facts About Carmen Menayo

Carmen Menayo Montero was born on 14 April 1998 and is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Liga F club Atletico Madrid.

On 19 June 2014, Menayo signed for Santa Teresa, which had just been promoted to the Primera Division.

Carmen Menayo made her debut in the Primera Division on 7 September 2014, at the age of 16, where her team lost to Transportes Alcaine by 3 to 1.

Carmen Menayo was a starter throughout the season and only lost one game per call with the Spain Under-17 team and scored a goal.

Carmen Menayo always wanted to study physiotherapy in Madrid and in 2016, after rejecting several offers from other clubs, she had the opportunity to play for Atletico Madrid, with which she could complement her football practice with her studies.

Carmen Menayo played 26 of the 30 League games, in addition to playing the 4 Champions League games and the 3 Copa de la Reina games as a starter.

Carmen Menayo played in the final of the Copa de la Reina tournament in which Atletico lost to Real Sociedad.

Carmen Menayo was named player of the day 12 by the newspaper Marca and by the sponsor of the tournament, Iberdrola.

Carmen Menayo was chosen as the best player of the first round by popular vote.

Carmen Menayo played 18 league games and gave 4 assists before the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Atleti was runner-up in the league.

Carmen Menayo played in the semifinal of the Supercopa in which they were defeated by Barcelona and the round of 16 match of the Copa de la Reina against Betis in which the Sevillanas went through after winning the penalty shootout.

Carmen Menayo returned to the pitch in May 2021 That year, Atletico Madrid had finished in fourth place in the league standings in which they won the Supercopa, a first for Menayo.

Carmen Menayo debuted with the U-17 national team on 24 March 2013 in the second round match for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship against Finland, in which Spain won 3 goals to 0.

Carmen Menayo played the other two games in this phase as a substitute and they qualified for the final round.

Carmen Menayo participated with Spain for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, which was held in December and was the qualifier for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Carmen Menayo was called up for the final round of the championship, in which she only participated as a substitute in the last minutes of two games.

Carmen Menayo played the three Elite Round matches valid to qualify for the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, and scored her first international goal against Russia on 22 March 2015.

Carmen Menayo started both matches in the qualifying phase of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and in the final phase, which was held in Slovakia.

Carmen Menayo was in the starting eleven of the five games that the team played, in which Spain lost to France in the final.

Carmen Menayo was inducted into the team of the tournament.

Carmen Menayo played every minute until Spain lost to North Korea at extra time in the quarterfinals.

In 2017, Carmen Menayo continued to start both in the qualifying phase and in the final phase of the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

Carmen Menayo played every minute of the final phase in which Spain won the championship by beating France in the final.

Carmen Menayo gave two assists in the game, the second gave the team victory in the last minute of the game in a free kick that her teammate and friend Patricia Guijarro finished off with a header.

Carmen Menayo played her third world championship in 2018, when she was called up to play in the U-20 Women's World Cup in France.

On 25 September 2018, Carmen Menayo was called up to participate in some training sessions with the senior squad.

Carmen Menayo is in a relationship with her fellow Atletico Madrid teammate Lola Gallardo.