Olga Carmona

Olga Carmona García (born 12 June 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. She played for Sevilla previously before joining the Madrid side. She is the Real Madrid captain.

Club career
Born in Seville, Andalusia, Carmona began her football career at the age of six with Sevilla Este.

In Carmona's first professional season, she contributed with five goals in 25 matches as Sevilla finished 12th. In 2007, she moved to the youth team of Sevilla FC, where she was to spend nine years. For the 2016–17 season, Carmona made it into the first team that was playing in the Segunda División, the second division in Spain at the time. She managed with her team in her first season promotion to the Primera División. While her club landed in the lower mid-table of the league for the following three seasons, Carmona reached the semi-finals of both 2018–19 and 2019–20 domestic cups, in which Sevilla were defeated by eventual winners Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona.

In the summer of 2020, Carmona signed for Real Madrid's newly formed women's football section.

International career
Carmona won the 2018 European Championship with the U-19 national team by beating Germany 1–0 in the final. She herself contributed four goals in ten games in qualifying and the finals to win the title. A year later, she was again with the U-19 in the finals of the European Championship, where her team lost 1–3 after extra time in the semifinals against France.

On 13 April 2021, Carmona made her senior team debut in a friendly match against Mexico.

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
In 2023, at 23 years of age, Carmona played a key role in Spain's victory in the FIFA World Cup, eventually being selected as captain of the Spain squad in both the team's semi-final and the final and scoring decisive goals in each of the two matches.

In the semi-final against Sweden on 15 August, Carmona helped her team achieve a 2–1 victory by scoring the decisive goal from a precise long-range shot. Five days later, during the 29th minute of the Final against England, she scored the only goal as Spain went on to win 1–0 to claim the trophy. Carmona was also named player of the match in the final.

In October 2023, Carmona was confirmed as a part of the leadership and captaincy team.

Personal life
Carmona's older brother, Fran Carmona, is also a footballer and plays as a defender for CD Teruel.

Growing up, Carmona's parents insisted that she should not play football, instead steering her towards swimming, tennis and flamenco dancing; they eventually relented when she would not change her mind.

Carmona's father died after a prolonged illness two days before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final in which she scored the winning goal. Her mother and brothers were present in Australia to watch her play, and she learned of her father's death after Spain's victory celebrations.

As of 2023, in addition to her professional responsibilities with Real Madrid, Carmona is in the process of completing her undergraduate studies for a degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences.

International

 * Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carmona goal.

Honours
Spain Spain U19
 * FIFA Women's World Cup: 2023
 * UEFA Women's Nations League: 2023–24
 * U-19 European Championship: 2018

Individual
 * FIFA Women's World Cup Final Player of the Match: 2023
 * FIFA FIFPRO Women's World 11: 2023
 * IFFHS Women's World Team of the Year: 2023