María Francesca Caldentey Oliver, commonly known as Mariona Caldentey, is a Spanish footballer currently playing for FC Barcelona in Spain's Primera División.
Caldentey earned third place at the 2013 UEFA Women's U17 Championship, representing Spain. In the semifinals of the tournament, she converted her penalty in the shootout against Sweden, but would end up losing the match after the shootout ended 4-5 in Sweden's favor. In the third place match, Caldentey captained the team and scored in the 42nd minute in an 0-4 rout of Belgium. She found more success during the 2014 UEFA Women's U19 Championship. Caldentey started every game in the tournament, along with scoring the first goal in the semifinal match versus Norway. She started in the final, where Spain lost against the Netherlands via a Vivianne Miedema chip in the 21st minute. Caldentey also participated in the 2016 U20 Women's World Cup, where she scored twice in the group stage against Canada and Japan. Spain were eliminated in extra time of the quarterfinal against eventual champions North Korea. Her goal against Canada was named goal of the tournament.
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In 2017, Caldentey earned her first senior national team call-up when Jorge Vilda named her to Spain's squad for two friendlies against Switzerland. Two months later, she made her international debut in an Algarve Cup match versus Japan, subbing on in the 73rd minute for Amanda Sampedro. Spain went on to the final against Canada and won the tournament, earning Caldentey her first international title. Caldentey scored her first senior international goal in a friendly match against Belgium. She was called up to the squad for the 2017 UEFA Women's EURO. Caldentey started in two group stages games- a win against Portugal and a loss against Scotland. After Spain qualified for the knockout rounds on their head-to-head record, she started the quarterfinal match against Austria but was subbed out in the 56th minute. Spain exited the tournament after a penalty shootout. In 2019, Caldentey was called up to represent Spain in the 2019 Algarve Cup, where Spain finished 7th place. She was also named to the Spain squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She started each match in the group stage of the tournament, where Spain received four points and moved on to the Round of 16for the first time in their history. In the Round of 16 match, she subbed in at the 83rd minute for Virginia Torrecilla, and Spain would end up losing to eventual champions, the United States.
