Maite Oroz Areta (; born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Spain national team. She made her senior club debut with Athletic Club in 2015 and departed in 2020, then played for Real Madrid for four years before moving to England and joining Tottenham in 2024.

Club career Born in Huarte, Navarre, Oroz began playing football with boys in the village team CD Huarte at the age of 6,Maite Oroz, la nueva perla de Lezama [Maite Oroz, Lezama's new pearl], La Liga, 21 April 2016 (in Spanish) joining the youth system at Osasuna in nearby Pamplona aged 12. From an early age, she was marked out as a promising talent due to her skill in the ball, creativity, and confidence. She played with Osasuna's senior team for a season in the Segunda División before the women's section of the club was disbanded in 2014, leading her to join Athletic Club.El Athletic confirma el fichaje de Yulema Corres del Aurrera, además de cinco jugadoras para el B [Athletic confirms the signing of Yulema Corres of Aurrera, in addition to five players for B], Txapeldunak, 6 July 2014 (in Spanish)

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 División as Athletic finished as champions. She played and scored in the subsequent 2016–17 UEFA Champions League,Minimum lead for the second leg in Denmark , Athletic Club, 5 October 2016 but the club did not progress beyond the opening knockout round.

In September 2018, Oroz sustained a serious injury, rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament of her left knee during a league match against Atlético MadridInjury of Maite Oroz: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) , Athletic Club, 24 September 2018 (one of several such injuries suffered by players in Athletic's various teams over a short period)Las roturas de LCA son ya una epidemia [ACL tears are becoming an epidemic], Marca, 25 September 2018 (in Spanish) which ruled her out for the entire 2018–19 season.Medical report of the women’s team , Athletic Club, 16 April 2019 Along with teammate and friend Damaris Egurrola,Damaris and Maite Oroz, an inseparable pair , Athletic Club, 29 December 2019 she decided to leave the club when her contract expired in the summer of 2020.Athletic Club Bilbao will feel the losses of Maite Oroz and Damaris Egurrola , Vavel, 30 March 2020 In July 2020, after she had already agreed to join Real Madrid Femenino, a court case regarding the legality of 'compensation lists' for players in Spanish women's football confirmed that her new employers would not have to pay a fee to Athletic Club.

She immediately became a part of Real Madrid's history by being one of the 11 players to start in their first official match in October 2020 (with almost a full team of new signings, they lost 4–0 at home to Barcelona). Two weeks later she was among the scorers in their first victory, and by March 2023 had made her 100th appearance for the Merengues, reaching the milestone in the same match as goalkeeper Misa Rodríguez.

On 13 September 2024, Oroz signed for Tottenham Hotspur on a four-year contract.

On 21 October 2025, Tottenham announced that Oroz had suffered a season-ending ACL injury during a League Cup game against Birmingham City.

International career Oroz was involved with Spanish national age-group teams at several levels and with much success, being a member of the under-17 squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship,Maite Oroz: "Representar a España es una responsabilidad" [Maite Oroz: "Representing Spain is a responsibility"], Diario AS, 13 March 2014 (in Spanish) silver at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and gold at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship; the under-19 squad which reached the final of the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship then won the 2017 tournament; and the under-20 squad who were runners-up at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup,Japan cruise to maiden world title , FIFA, 24 August 2018 having also been involved in the 2016 edition.

In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.Oroz, Azkona and Damaris, with the Spanish Promesas , Athletic Club, 30 October 2019Oficial: La RFEF crea la Selección Absoluta Promesas, una nueva selección femenina de fútbol (Official: The RFEF creates the Absolute Promises Selection, a new women's team) , SEfutbol (in Spanish), 29 October 2019

Oroz made her senior debut for Spain in 2021; she was a member of the squad that won the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals, but was not selected for other major tournaments around that time.

She has also played for the unofficial Basque Country and Navarre representative teams, making her debut for both in 2017.Euskal Selekzioa 2–1 Chequia , Basque Football Federation, 25 November 2017 (in Basque)Navarra 1-3 Catalunya; Bon regal de Nadal (Navarre 1-3 Catalonia; fine present for Christmas), FutFem.cat, 22 December 2017 (in Catalan)

Career statistics Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAthletic Club2015–16Primera División30510———3152016–17Primera División27110—21—3022017–18Primera División26230———2922018–19Primera División3000———302019–20Primera División21020———230Total107870—21—1169Real Madrid2020–21Primera División30110———3112021–22Primera División26230—61103632022–23Liga F29340—100103432023–24Liga F24520—70103452024–25Liga F1100—000011Total11012100—2313013613Tottenham Hotspur2024–25Women's Super League1600030——1902025–26Women's Super League100020——30Total1700050——220Career total23420170502523027422

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSpain202110202241202373202430Total154

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

+ List of international goals scored by Maite OrozNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 November 2022Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro, Melilla, Spain2–07–0Friendly216 February 2023Industree Group Stadium, Gosford, Australia1–03–02023 Cup of Nations326 September 2023Estadio Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba, Spain5–05–02023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League431 October 2023Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland7–17–12023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours Spain

UEFA Women's Nations League: 2023–24

References

External links

Profile at the Real Madrid CF website