Marta Torrejón

Marta Torrejón
Torrejón in 2023
Personal information
Full name Marta Torrejón Moya[1]
Date of birth (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Mataró, Catalonia, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 8
Youth career
1998–2001 Salesians
2001–2004 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2013 Espanyol 201 (26)
2013– Barcelona 400 (42)
International career
2006–2009 Spain U-19 23 (6)
2007–2019 Spain 90 (8)
2007– Catalonia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2019
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torrejón and the second or maternal family name is Moya.

Marta Torrejón Moya (listenⓘ; born 27 February 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Barcelona and the Catalonia national football team. She formerly captained the Spain national team, making 90 appearances and scoring 8 goals.[2]

Club career

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Torrejón debuted in the Superliga Femenina for Espanyol at just 14 years old. In 2011, she started in the final of the Copa de la Reina de Fútbol, where they lost in extra time versus her future club, Barcelona.[3]

Two years later, at age 23, she signed for FC Barcelona[4] and is currently the club's vice-captain.[5]

Torrejón has won three league titles and three Copas de la Reina with Barcelona.

In the 2016–17 season, Barcelona reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history. They were knocked out 5–1 on aggregate by Paris Saint Germain, where Torrejón started both matches.[6][7]

Torrejón on the ball during the 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

In the 2018–19 season, she played an integral role in Barcelona's defense as they made it to the final of the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in the club's history. Torrejón started both games versus Bayern, where Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.[8][9] On 18 May 2019, Torrejón started in FCB Femení's first ever UWCL final versus Lyon, who went on to win the match 4–1.[10]

In 2020, Torrejón featured for both matches in the first edition of the Supercopa Femenina. In the final against Real Sociedad, she scored 4 of Barcelona's 10 goals and was named MVP of the tournament.[11]

Despite taking a secondary role as either wingback or central defender in the 2023–24 season, Torrejón was reliably used in the league and scored eight goals – Sport considered her a "luxury" as a defensive substitute who offers attacking drive.[12]

International career

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Torrejón made her senior Spain national team debut in November 2007, a 1–0 defeat to England in Shrewsbury.[13]

In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Torrejón in the squad for UEFA Euro 2013 in Sweden.[14] She played every minute of Spain's campaign, which ended with a 3–1 defeat to Norway in the quarter-finals.

She was part of Spain's squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada, playing every minute of the team's campaign.[1] After Spain's poor performance of two losses and a draw in the group stages, she and her 22 teammates from the tournament called for coach Ignacio Quereda's resignation from the national team.[15]

She played two games at the 2019 World Cup in France.[16] The match against Germany would end up being her final appearance for Spain.

After the 2019 World Cup, she announced her retirement from the national team on Twitter.[17] She retired with the most ever caps for a Spanish women's national team player with 90.[18] Her record was later surpassed by Alexia Putellas on 26 October 2021.[19][20]

Personal life

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Her brother Marc Torrejón is a former footballer.[21][22] Dating fellow FC Barcelona player Caroline Graham Hansen. [citation needed]

She have studied degree in Biology in Barcelona's university. [citation needed]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 25 June 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2007 1 0
2008 6 1
2009 4 0
2010 3 1
2011 5 0
2012 7 1
2013 11 1
2014 7 1
2015 13 1
2016 9 2
2017 14 0
2018 3 0
2019 7 0
Total 90 8
Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Torrejón goal.
List of international goals scored by Marta Torrejón
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 8 May 2008 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain  Czech Republic 4–1 4–1 2009 UEFA Euro qualification
2 7 April 2010 Guadalajara, Spain  Turkey 3–0 5–1 2011 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 5 April 2012 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain  Kazakhstan 12–0 13–0 2013 UEFA Euro qualification
4 27 October 2013 Collado, Spain  Estonia 2–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5 10 April 2014 Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 3–0 10–0
6 11 February 2015 San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Belgium 1–0 2–1 Friendly
7 26 September 2016 Leganés, Spain  Finland 1–0 5–0 2017 UEFA Euro qualification
8 25 October 2016 Guadalajara, Spain  England 1–1 1–2 Friendly

Honours

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Torrejón captaining Espanyol in 2012

Espanyol

Barcelona

Spain

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Jugadoras - Real Federación Española de Fútbol". Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013. RFEF
  3. ^ "FC Barcelona, campeón de la Copa de SM La Reina tras vencer al RCD Espanyol (1–0)" (in Spanish). rfef.es. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Marta". Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ "FC Barcelona Femení on Twitter: THE CAPTAINS / LES CAPITANES / LAS CAPITANAS". Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Barcelona-Paris- Line-ups - UEFA Women's Champions League UEFA.com". 22 April 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Paris-Barcelona - UEFA Women's Champions League - UEFA.com". 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Bayern 0–1 Barça Women: First blood to the blaugrana". 21 April 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Barça Women 1–0 Bayern Munich: A historic win!". 28 April 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Olympique Lyonnais 4 – 1 FC Barcelona: Runners up in Europe". 18 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Real Sociedad 1–10 Barça Women: Super Cup Champions!". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. ^ Tikas, Maria (30 May 2024). "El 1x1 de una temporada perfecta". Diario Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  13. ^ Roldán, Isabel (20 November 2007). "Vilas y Torrejón, nuevas caras para la Absoluta" [Vilas and Torrejón, new faces for the Absolute] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Spain's Women's team feel Quereda's time is up -AS.com". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  16. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Marta TORREJON - Marta Torrejón". Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Marta Torrejon on Twitter: "Comunicado oficial. / Twitter". 19 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  18. ^ "El fútbol español rinde homenaje a Silvia Meseguer y Marta Torrejón". 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  19. ^ Reinoso, Mario (26 October 2021). "Ucrania - España en directo: clasificación Mundial femenino 2023 en vivo". as.com. Diario AS. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Alexia Putellas ya es la jugadora con más partidos en la historia de la Selección española". sefutbol.com. Royal Spanish Football Federation. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  21. ^ Roldán, Isabel (22 October 2011). "No acostumbran a compararme con mi hermano Marc" [I'm not compared to my brother Marc very often] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  22. ^ "Europe's footballing brothers and sisters". UEFA. 9 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Chelsea 0-4 Barcelona: Barça surge to first Women's Champions League title". UEFA.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  24. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (3 June 2023). "Rolfö caps Barcelona comeback against Wolfsburg to win thrilling WCL final". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  25. ^ "Barcelona retains Women's Champions League title, completing historic quadruple". CNN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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