{"id":695611,"date":"2026-05-26T20:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695611\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:33:19","slug":"gator-soccer-signs-carlota-martins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/695611\/","title":{"rendered":"Gator Soccer Signs Carlota Martins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Spain defender <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/carlota-martins\/18415\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18415\" target=\"_blank\">Carlota Martins<\/a> joins the University of Florida soccer team for the upcoming season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nShe played for FC Barcelona C the last two seasons and has been a part of the Barcelona program for eight years. The team won its play-off promotion on May 10, 2026 to conclude the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapreferente.com\/J604894C22343\/fc-barcelona-c\/carlota-martins.html#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martins appeared in 23 matches in 2025-26, playing the entirety of 14 at left back.<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMartins made 10 appearances with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerdonna.de\/en\/carlota-martins\/profil\/spieler_84854.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spain Youth National Teams<\/a>, competing three times for Under 15 national team, five times for U16 and twice <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/futuremasia\/status\/1754826161253707850?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">with U17<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nShe appeared in both of Spain&#8217;s September 2024 U17 friendlies versus England, playing the entirety and serving as captain of the Sept. 12 friendly.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWhile with Spain&#8217;s U16 national team, Martins played the entirety of March 15, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefutboleuropa.com\/esp\/jugador-de-futbol\/798-carlota-martins-ortega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-0 win over Belgium in a match played in Belfast, Ireland<\/a>, which secured the Spain U16 team win of the UEFA Development Tournament. Also played the entirety of 2-1 win over Iceland on March 10 to open the event.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;We are thrilled to welcome Carlota to the Gator family! Carlota brings so many of the qualities we value in our players. Coming from one of Spain&#8217;s premier clubs, FC Barcelona, she has developed an elite understanding of the game and exceptional instincts on the field,&#8221; Florida Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/coaches\/nick-zimmerman\/2157\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2157\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Zimmerman<\/a> said. &#8220;We can&#8217;t wait to have her here in Gainesville and see the impact she&#8217;ll make. Go Gators!&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridagators.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/carlota-martins\/18415\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18415\" target=\"_blank\">Carlota Martins<\/a><br \/>\nIG: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carlotaamartiins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">carlotaamartiins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tPosition: Defender&#13;<br \/>\n\tClub: FC Barcelona C&#13;<br \/>\n\tHometown: Granollers, Spain&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Info<br \/>\nInternational:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tCompeted with Spain Youth National Teams \u2013 U-15, U-16, U-17&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Club:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Spain defender Carlota Martins joins the University of Florida soccer team for the upcoming season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-695611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}