Camille Catala (born 6 May 1991 in Montpellier) is a French footballer. Catala plays as a striker and has been active with the France women's national football team on the youth circuit. In 2010, she played on the under-19 team that won the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.

Camille Catala
Catala playing for Saint-Étienne against PSG
Personal information
Full name Camille Catala
Date of birth (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Montpellier, France
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2005–2008 Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Saint-Étienne 81 (26)
2012–2021 Paris FC 150 (55)
International career
2008 France U17 3 (1)
2009–2010 France U19 19 (4)
2010 France U20 3 (0)
2011–2017 France 31 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2018

Career edit

Saint-Étienne edit

Catala began her career at Saint-Christol-lès-Alès. With the club, she made an appearance in a Challenge de France match before departing for Racing Club de Saint-Étienne, where she was inserted as a starter upon arrival. In her first season with the club, she appeared in 15 matches scoring only one goal, which came on 10 May 2009 in a 2–2 draw with Nord Allier Yzeure. The following season saw RC Saint-Étienne merge with Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne to form the club's women's section. Catala again entered the season as a starter scoring her first goal of the season in her club's 1–4 loss to Nord Allier Yzeure.

Juvisy edit

In June 2012, it was announced that Catala would be joining Juvisy.

International edit

Catala has been active with the women's section of the national team. She has earned caps with the women's under-17 and under-19 teams. With the under-17 team, she participated in both the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the inaugural 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where France were eliminated in the group stage. Catala's only goal in the World Cup came in France's 6–2 thrashing of Paraguay. With the under-19s, Catala played in the La Manga Cup international tournament and the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship reached the semi-finals before bowing out to Sweden in extra time. She appeared for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Statistics accurate as of 1 September 2016[2]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2008–09 15 1 3 0 18 1
2009–10 22 5 2 4 24 9
2010–11 22 7 5 4 27 11
2011–12 22 13 2 1 24 14
Total 81 26 12 9 93 35
Juvisy 2012–13 19 11 3 2 7 2 29 15
2013–14 21 9 2 1 23 10
2014–15 21 10 3 4 24 14
2015–16 19 7 3 4 22 11
Total 80 37 11 11 7 2 98 50
Career total 161 63 23 20 7 2 191 85

International edit

(Correct as of 1 September 2016)[2][3]
National team Season Apps Goals
France 2011–12 10 2
2012–13 9 0
2013–14 4 0
Total 23 2

International goals edit

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
4 July 2012 Stade de la Source, Orléans, France   Romania
6–0
6–0
Friendly
2
28 July 2012 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland   North Korea
5–0
5–0
2012 Summer Olympics[1]
3
7 July 2017 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France   Belgium
2–0
2–0
Friendly
Correct as of 20 June 2018

Honours edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Camille Catala". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "La Carriere de Camille Catala". StatsFootoFeminin. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ CATALA Camille Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine, French Football Federation, accessed 28 July 2012

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