Toña Is

Toña Is
Personal information
Full name María Antonia Is Piñera
Date of birth (1966-06-13) June 13, 1966
Place of birth Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Panama (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–2000 Oviedo Moderno CF
International career
1989–1999 Spain 34 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2018 Spain U-17
2021 Pachuca (women)
2024– Panama
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Is and the second or maternal family name is Piñera.

María Antonia "Toña" Is Piñera (born 1966 in Oviedo) is a Spanish former football defender who played through her career for CFF Tradehi. She earned 33 caps for the Spain women's national football team[1] from 1989[2] through the 1990s,[3] taking part in the 1997 European Championship.[4]
As manager of the Spain women's national under-17 football team, she led the squad to the nation's first-ever World Cup championship on the women's side, winning against Mexico women's national under-17 football team 2–1. In December 2020, she was named head coach of Pachuca Femenil.

References

  1. ^ Toña is still defending. El Comercio
  2. ^ Oviedo Moderno CF history Archived 2016-12-29 at the Wayback Machine in the club's website
  3. ^ 17/10/91 Spanish WNT call-up. El Mundo Deportivo
  4. ^ Line-ups of the 29/06/97 Spain-France match in footofeminin.fr


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