Oihane Valdezate

Oihane Valdezate
Personal information
Full name Oihane Valdezate Cabornero
Date of birth (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000[1]
Place of birth Trapagaran, Spain[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Stars
Number 6
Youth career
2010–2015 Pauldarrak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Pauldarrak
2016–2019 Athletic Club B 73 (13)
2019–2023 Athletic Club 114 (6)
2023–2026 Roma 22 (1)
2026– Chicago Stars 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Spain U19 2 (0)
2021– Spain U23 14 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 06:17, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Oihane Valdezate Cabornero (Basque: [oi̯ˈʃane], Spanish: [baldeˈθate kaβorˈneɾo];[4] born 10 April 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She began her senior career in her homeland with Athletic Club before moving to Italian club Roma in 2023.

Club career

Valdezate started her career in the youth system at Pauldarrak (Barakaldo).[5] She joined Athletic Club in 2016 and made her debut for the first team on 13 April 2019, a 1–0 victory against Albacete.[6][7] In April 2020, she signed a contract extension with Athletic Club, keeping her at the club until 2023.[8] In the 2020–21 season, Valdezate was deployed in a number of different positions, including forward and central defender. Her usual position is midfielder.[9]

Valdezate departed Athletic in 2023 upon the expiry of her contract, moving to Italy to join reigning Serie A champions Roma on a three-year contract.[10] She spent her first and third seasons there as a squad member, with 11 appearances in the league in each campaign (Roma claiming the title in both) plus a handful more in cups; she came off the bench in the 2024 Coppa Italia final victory over Fiorentina[11] but was an unused substitute in the 2026 final win over Juventus.[12] In the second season she had no competitive involvement at all after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament of her right knee in August 2024,[13] which required surgery and lengthy rehabilitation.[14][15]

On 10 August 2026, it was announced that Valdezate had signed with the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)'s Chicago Stars FC through the end of the season.[16]

International career

Valdezate made her debut for the Spain under-23 team (which only plays friendlies) in November 2021 against Norway and was soon a mainstay of the squad, with 14 appearances from a possible 15 by the end of 2023.

References

  1. ↑ Oihane Valdezate at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Valdezate". BDFutbol. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Jiménez, Mayca (25 April 2020). "El Athletic renueva a Oihane Valdezate, otra de sus promesas" [Athletic renews Oihane Valdezate, another of its prospects]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPeVU7CDHwS/?igsh=YzhwbWZvam1razFr
  5. ↑ "Valle". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "El Athletic renueva a otra de sus promesas, Oihane Valdezate" [Athletic renews another of its prospects, Oihane Valdezate]. Deia (in Spanish). 25 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Garnández, Beatriz (13 April 2019). "Valdezate: «Es un sueño que llevo persiguiendo desde que empecé a jugar»" [Valdezate: "It's a dream I've been chasing since I started playing"]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Mallo, Juanma (25 April 2020). "Valdezate, uno de los valores de la cantera, renueva con el Athletic" [Valdezate, one of the values of the quarry, renews with Athletic]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  9. ↑ González, Laura (30 December 2020). "Valdezate, la más utilizada este curso por Villacampa" [Valdezate, the most used this course by Villacampa]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Oihane Valdezate signs for Roma, AS Roma, 7 July 2023
  11. ↑ "Doppietta Roma: dopo lo scudetto, le giallorosse alzano il trofeo. Fiorentina ko ai rigori. Gravina: "Una partita spettacolare"" [Roma double: after the Scudetto, the Giallorossi lift the trophy. Fiorentina loses on penalties. Gravina: "A spectacular match"]. Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 24 May 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Giannitrapani, Filippo (24 May 2026). "La Roma vince anche la Coppa Italia: battuta la Juventus grazie a un gol di Giugliano" [Roma win the Coppa Italia, defeating Juventus thanks to a Giugliano goal] (in Italian). RomaToday. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  13. ↑ Le condizioni di Oihane Valdezate [The condition of Oihane Valdezate, AS Roma, 17 September 2024 (in Italian
  14. ↑ Oihane Valdezate, jugadora de la Roma, ve la luz al final del túnel: “Pisar el césped te motiva a seguir” [Roma player Oihane Valdezate sees the light at the end of the tunnel: "Stepping onto the grass motivates you to keep going"], Verónica Gómez, Cadena SER, 5 March 2025 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ «Hay mucha competencia y eso hace que la Liga italiana sea más atractiva» ["There's a lot of competition, and that makes the Italian league more attractive"], Amaia U. Lasagabaster, Naia, 7 March 2026 (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ "Chicago Stars FC Signs Spanish Defender Oihane Valdezate". Chicago Stars FC. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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