Toña Is
Personal information | |||
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Full name | María Antonia Is Piñera | ||
Date of birth | June 13, 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Oviedo, Asturias, Spain | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Panama (Manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–2000 | Oviedo Moderno CF | ||
International career | |||
1989–1999 | Spain | 34 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2015–2018 | Spain U-17 | ||
2021 | Pachuca (women) | ||
2024– | Panama | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
María Antonia "Toña" Is Piñera (born in Oviedo, 1966) is a Spanish former football defender who played through her career for CFF Tradehi. She earned 33 caps for the Spain women's national football team[1] from 1989[2] through the 1990s,[3] taking part in the 1997 European Championship.[4]
As manager of the Spain women's national under-17 football team, she led the squad to the nation's first-ever World Cup championship on the women's side, winning against Mexico women's national under-17 football team 2–1. In December 2020, she was named head coach of Pachuca Femenil.
References
- ^ Toña is still defending. El Comercio
- ^ Oviedo Moderno CF history Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine in the club's website
- ^ 17/10/91 Spanish WNT call-up. El Mundo Deportivo
- ^ Line-ups of the 29/06/97 Spain-France match in footofeminin.fr