Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda (born December 16, 1999) is a Filipina footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mount Druitt Town Rangers and the Philippines women's national team.

Personal life

Castañeda was born on December 16, 1999. 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 before moving to

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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. She was also the captain of the National Capital Region team that played at the secondary girls event of the

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. Castañeda was part of the Philippines women's national football team that played at the

2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification tournament for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. A total of 21 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournamen ...

in April 2017. The national squad secured qualification with one match to spare by drawing Bahrain 1–1. She scored for the national team in a prior match against Tajikistan. Castañeda was also part of the team that competed at the

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. After high school, Castañeda joined the women's team of the

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. Season 82 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She would play for the Philippines at the

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, helping her squad qualify for their first-ever

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International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''

Honours

International

Philippines

* Southeast Asian Games third place:

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* AFF Women's Championship:

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References

1999 births Living people People from Mandaluyong Footballers from Metro Manila Filipino women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Philippines women's international footballers Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games De La Salle University alumni Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games {{Philippines-women-footy-bio-stub