Anicka Castañeda
Filipino footballer (born 1999)
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Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda (born December 15, 1999) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mount Druitt Town Rangers and the Philippines women's national team.
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Castañeda with her bronze medal from the 2021 Southeast Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | December 15, 1999[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mandaluyong, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | De La Salle University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | De La Salle Zobel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | National Capital Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | De La Salle University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024- | De La Salle University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Mount Druitt Town Rangers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Philippines | 43 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 15, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
Castañeda was born on December 16, 1999.[5] She has a brother and an elder sister, Sara Castañeda, who is also a footballer and has played for the national team as well. She attended high school at De La Salle Zobel[3] before moving to De La Salle University.[6]
Career
Castañeda played for the women's junior futsal team of De La Salle Zobel. She was named junior MVP at the WNCAA in 2016.[7] She was also the captain of the National Capital Region team that played at the secondary girls event of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa.[8]
Castañeda was part of the Philippines women's national football team that played at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification in April 2017. The national squad secured qualification with one match to spare by drawing Bahrain 1–1.[9] She scored for the national team in a prior match against Tajikistan.[10] Castañeda was also part of the team that competed at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.[5]
After high school, Castañeda joined the women's team of the De La Salle University but has yet to feature in the UAAP since Season 80. She was unavailable for Season 80 due to national team commitments while an injury made her unavailable for Season 81.[6] Season 82 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
She would play for the Philippines at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, helping her squad qualify for their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023.[11] Along with Meryll Serrano, she was the only native-born Filipina on the World Cup squad; 18 of her 22 teammates were born in the United States.[12]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | April 7, 2017 | Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe |  Tajikistan | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 2. | 7–0 | |||||
| 3. | April 7, 2022 | Wanderers Football Park, Sydney |  Fiji | 2–0 | 7–2 | Friendly |
| 4. | 6–0 | |||||
| 5. | April 22, 2022 |  Tonga | 5–0 | 16–0 | ||
| 6. | 11–0 | |||||
| 7. | April 30, 2022 | Valentine Sports Park, Sydney | 2–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 8. | 3–0 | |||||
| 9. | May 9, 2022 | Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả |  Cambodia | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2021 Southeast Asian Games |
| 10. | July 6, 2022 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila |  Singapore | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2022 AFF Women's Championship |
| 11. | July 8, 2022 |  Malaysia | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 12. | December 11, 2025 | IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2025 SEA Games |
