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Toña Is
Personal information
Full name María Antonia Is Piñera
Date of birth (1966-06-13) June 13, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

María Antonia "Toña" Is Piñera (born in Oviedo, 1966) 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

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  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