Ariadna Mingueza

Ariadna Mingueza García (born 22 March 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Primera Federación club FC Barcelona B.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mingueza and the second or maternal family name is García.
Arianda Mingueza
Personal information
Full name Ariadna Mingueza García
Date of birth (2003-03-22) 22 March 2003[1]
Place of birth Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona B
Number 6
Youth career
2012–2014 UCF Santa Perpètua
2014–2015 UE Centelles
2015–2019 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Barcelona B 84 (13)
2020– Barcelona 2 (0)
International career
2018–2019 Spain U-16 6 (0)
2019–2020 Spain U-17 7 (0)
2021– Spain U-19 6 (1)
2021–2023 Spain U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:52, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Mingueza started out as a footballer by playing for her hometown club, UCF Santa Perpetua, when she was eight years old. After two seasons, she joined Unió Deportiva Centelles, and during her first and only season in that club her performance attracted the attention of youth scouts at Barcelona who signed her up for their U-14 team (Infantil Alevín).[3][4] From 2015 to 2021 Mingueza progressed through the different levels of the club's youth system until on 6 March 2021 she made her debut for the first team in Primera División against Santa Teresa, replacing Jenni Hermoso on the 80th minutes of the game.[5]

International career

Mingueza was first invited to train with Spain U-16 by Toña Is on 2 January 2018.[6] She then became a regular name on the call-ups as well as later on U-17 national team which was also helmed by Is.[7] In 2019 UEFA Under-17 Championship Mingueza was part of the Spain squad that reached the semi-final, but they were defeated by Netherlands and failed to reach the final for the first time since 2013.[8]

Mingueza's first game for U-19 national team came during 2022 UEFA Championship qualification against Slovakia. She played the game in its entirety as the captain of Spain[9][10] After 5 wins and 1 draw throughout two rounds with Mingueza playing in every game and 4 times in the starting line-up,[11] Spain managed to qualify for the final tournament.[12] She scored her first national youth team goal in a 6–0 victory against Portugal.[13]

Personal life

Mingueza's older brother, Óscar was also a Barcelona player and presently plays for Celta de Vigo, and has joined La Masia in 2007.[14]

References
  1. "Ariadnda Mingueza". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. "Ari Mingueza". BDFutbol. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. "Ariadna Mingueza and the brightenss of her debut". vavel.com. Vavel. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "Barça Femení Talents: Ariadna Mingueza Garcia – Episode 4". .footballengine.net. Football Engine. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. "Ari Mingueza goes up the ranks as well". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. "Call for training of the U-16 internationals". sefutbol.com. Sefutbol. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. "Preliminary call for the Women's U17 European Championship in Bulgaria". sefutbol.com. Sefutbol. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. "Holland takes final away from Spain (3–1)". mundodeportivo.com. Mundo Deportivo. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  9. "Change in the call-up of the Spanish Women's U-19 National Team for the qualifying phase of the European Championship". sefutbol.com. Sefutbol. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  10. "Spain is the leader of the qualifier with a solid victory in the debut (3–0)". sefutbol.com. Sefutbol. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. "Spain Matches". uefa.com. Uefa. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  12. "Ona Baradad puts the Sub-19 in the final phase of the European Championship". AS. AS. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  13. "Spain-Portugal". fpf.pt. Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  14. "The Minguezas: Blaugrana siblings". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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