Anicka Castañeda


Anicka Chabeli Arrieta Castañeda is a Filipino professional 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 De La Salle University.

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 2017 Palarong Pambansa.
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. She scored for the national team in a prior match against Tajikistan. Castañeda was also part of the team that competed at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.
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. Season 82 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. 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.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe2–08–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
2.April 7, 2017Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe7–08–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
3.April 7, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney2–07–2Friendly
4.April 7, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney6–07–2Friendly
5.April 22, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney5–016–0Friendly
6.April 22, 2022Wanderers Football Park, Sydney11–016–0Friendly
7.April 30, 2022Valentine Sports Park, Sydney2–05–0Friendly
8.April 30, 2022Valentine Sports Park, Sydney3–05–0Friendly
9.May 9, 2022Cẩm Phả Stadium, Cẩm Phả5–05–02021 Southeast Asian Games
10.July 6, 2022Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila7–07–02022 AFF Women's Championship
11.July 8, 2022Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila4–04–02022 AFF Women's Championship
12.December 11, 2025IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi, Thailand6–06–02025 SEA Games

Honours

International

Philippines