Maite Oroz

Maite Oroz Areta (born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera Division club Real Madrid CF. She made her debut with Athletic Bilbao in 2015 and departed in 2020.

Club Career

Born in Huarte, Navarre, Oroz began playing football with boys in the village team CD Huarte from the age of 6, joining the youth system at Osasuna in nearby Pamplona aged 12. From that early age, she was marked out as a promising talent due to her skill on the ball, creativity and confidence. She played with Osasuna's senior team for a season in the Segunda Division before the women's section of the club was disbanded in 2014, leading her to join Athletic Bilbao.

Following a year with the club's B-team, she made her senior team debut in September 2015 and became a regular from then on, making 30 appearances in the 2015–16 Primera Division as Athletic finished as champions. She played and scored in the subsequent 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, but the club did not progress beyond the opening knockout round.