Sara Castañeda

Youth and collegiate career Castañeda has a younger brother and sister, Anicka Castañeda. She took up the sport of football at age 5, after witnessing her brother play for the Makati Football Club. She attended De La Salle Zobel for her high school studies and was part of her school's football team. During her high stint, she was awarded the Athlete of the Year twice.

Castañeda later played for the football team of her college, De La Salle University.

Despite Castañeda's contribution to the qualification, she had to secure a berth for the Philippine squad that will participate at the final tournament of the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. By February 2018 she was removed from the national pool She was included in the final-23 roster for the 2018 and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. In the 2022 tournament where the Philippines qualified for their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup, she was mostly utilized as a substitute.

International goals Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. April 3, 2017 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification 2. April 5, 2017 3. April 7, 2017 4. April 10, 2017 5. November 4, 2018 Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan 2020 Summer Olympics qualification 6. November 8, 2018 7. 8. April 9, 2019 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 9. 10. 17 August 2019 IPE Chonburi Stadium 1, Chonburi, Thailand 2–0 7–0 2019 AFF Women's Championship

Honours Kaya–Iloilo PFF Women's League: 2023 PFF Women's Cup runner-up: 2024

Individual PFF Women's League Most Valuable Player: 2016–17