Estela Carbonell

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carbonell and the second or maternal family name is Nuñez.
Estela Carbonell
Personal information
Full name Estela Carbonell Nuñez[1]
Date of birth (2004-10-18) 18 October 2004[2]
Place of birth Valencia, Spain[2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 3
Youth career
Deportivo La Salle
Valencia
2020–2021 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Levante B 17 (1)
2022–2025 Levante 71 (5)
2025– Juventus 5 (1)
International career‡
2022–2023 Spain U19 11 (2)
2024 Spain U20 4 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Winner 2023 Belgium
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:29, 30 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:29, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Estela Carbonell Nuñez (born 18 October 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer player who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus. She has previously played in the Liga F for Levante UD.

Early life

Carbonell was born in Valencia[2] and went to school in the neighborhood of Paterna. She started playing football as a child for local club Deportivo La Salle, also dabbling in futsal along the way.[3][4] At age 11, Carbonell had a successful tryout with Valencia CF and was accepted to join her hometown club.[3] In the summer of 2020,[5] she moved to Levante UD's reserve team.[6]

Club career

Levante

At age 16, Carbonell made her senior debut for Levante against Athletic Bilbao.[5] After spending the majority of the 2021–22 season with the reserve squad, she signed a three-year contract with Levante's first team on 16 March 2022 that lasted through the summer of 2025.[7] In her first full season with the Levante senior squad, Carbonell contributed to a third-place finish in the Liga F that helped the club gain entry to the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. Once Levante's two qualifiers rolled around the following year, Carbonell was an available option, but teammate Paula Tomás was preferred in both matches as Levante failed to advance to the main tournament.[8]

In the 2024–25 season, Levante struggled to evade relegation to the Primera Federación.[9] Carbonell was a key contributor throughout the year, racking up one of the highest minute counts on the team and recording both 3 goals and 3 assists.[6] One of her goals was a crucial game-winner against Deportivo de La Coruña that helped Levante put more distance between themselves and the relegation line.[10] At the end of the season, Carbonell chose to depart from Levante in search for a new challenge.[8] She had made over 70 appearances for the club across all competitions.[11]

Juventus

On 21 May 2025, Carbonell penned a three-year contract with Serie A club Juventus;[11][12] She became the first-ever Spanish player to sign for the Italian side.[2] Carbonell received lots of playing time in Juventus' 2025–26 preseason friendlies, including in a game against Everton in which she scored a goal.[13] On 7 October 2025, she made her Juventus and UEFA Women's Champions League debuts, playing all 90 minutes of a 2–1 victory over Portuguese champions Benfica.[8] She scored her first competitive goal for Juventus on 23 November, recording a stoppage-time game-winner against Fiorentina that helped her team ascend two places in the Serie A standings.[14][15]

International career

Carbonell is a youth international for Spain,[16] having played for both the Spanish under-19 and under-23 teams. She was a member of the team that won the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Belgium.[11]

One year later, Carbonell was named to the Spanish squad that participated in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She put in solid defensive performances to help Spain win all 3 of its group stage matches.[17] In the third game, versus Morocco, she was named Player of the Match.[18] Spain were ultimately eliminated in the quarterfinals of the tournament by Japan.[19]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024 Squad Lists" (PDF). FIFA. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Estela Carbonell". Juventus. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Estela Carbonell: «El trabajo y el esfuerzo es recompensado»" (in Spanish). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Estela Carbonell, nuestra futbolista lasaliana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  5. ^ a b "El Levante renueva a Estela hasta 2025". Superdeporte (in Spanish). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b Dominguez, Alex (21 May 2025). "Paula Fernández, Ángela Sosa, Estela Carbonell, Emma Holmgren, María Molina, Madeline Gravante, Michaela Workou y Cameron Tucker se despiden del Levante UD". Valencia Capital Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ^ "El Levante renueva a Estela hasta 2025". Plaza Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  8. ^ a b c Lleonart, Nagore (8 October 2025). "Estela Carbonell debuta en la Champions". Superdeporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  9. ^ Martín, Eric (20 April 2025). "Eva Alonso y Estela Carbonell dibujan el camino hacia la salvación del Levante femenino". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Estela Carbonell aprieta la lucha por la salvación". Liga F (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "Estela Carbonell nuova giocatrice della Juventus Women". L Football (in Italian). 21 May 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  12. ^ Buongiorno, Fulvio (21 May 2025). "Dal Levante alla Juventus: la spagnola Carbonell è bianconera". Calcio Femminile Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  13. ^ Mereu, Eleonora (31 August 2025). "Estela Carbonell, Juventus women,esulta: "Mio primo goal? Sono felice!"". Calcio femminile italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Juventus Women all'ultimo guizzo: Carbonell al 92', esplode la festa bianconera con la Fiorentina". Tifo Juventus (in Italian). 23 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  15. ^ Crocifisso, Ivana (24 November 2025). "J Women, vittoria nel recupero piena di veleno: rete contestata fra accuse e scuse". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  16. ^ "La Diputació ficha a Carlos Soler, Lorena Segura y Estela Carbonell". Superdeporte (in Spanish). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  17. ^ "La defensa de España, una de las claves del éxito" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  18. ^ "Estela Carbonell, mejor jugadora del Marruecos-España" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  19. ^ "Japan finally get the better of La Roja". FIFA. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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