Sheila Elorza

Sheila Elorza
Personal information
Full name Sheila Elorza Hernández
Date of birth (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996
Place of birth Zaratamo, Spain
Height 1.49 m (4 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Real Oviedo
Number 21
Youth career
2008–2011 Ugao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Athletic B 85 (24)
2015 Athletic Bilbao 2 (0)
2015–2017 EdF Logroño
2017–2018 San Ignacio
2018–2023 Eibar 95+ (2+)
2023–2024 Alavés Gloriosas 26 (1)
2024– Real Oviedo 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 October 2024

Sheila Elorza Hernández (born 8 June 1996) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Oviedo as a midfielder.

She began her senior career at Athletic Bilbao but played mainly for their B team, with only two Primera División appearances shortly before leaving the club in 2015. She then spent two seasons with EDF Logroño and one with San Ignacio[2] prior to joining Eibar in 2018; she was appointed captain,[3][4] and played an important role in the squad which gained promotion to the top tier in the 2019–20 season, at which point she agreed to extend her contract until 2022.[5]

Eibar survived their first season in the Primera División, then experienced a relegation followed by another promotion. Elorza left the club on 31 August 2023[6] and signed for Alavés a day later.[7] In July 2024, she moved to Real Oviedo, recently relegated to the third tier.[8]

Elorza never played for Spain at any level, but was selected for the non-FIFA Basque Country squad in 2021[9] (two 45-minute matches were played and it is not clear if they are considered full caps).

References

  1. ^ "Sheila". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  2. ^ Sheila, Txapeldunak (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2021
  3. ^ Sheila Elorza, SD Eibar (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2021
  4. ^ "La reivindicación del fútbol femenino" [The vindication of women's football] (in Spanish). Deia. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Sheila Elorza renueva hasta 2022" [Sheila Elorza renews until 2022] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. ^ "El Eibar y Sheila Elorza llegan a un acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato de la capitana" [Eibar and Sheila Elorza reach an agreement to terminate the captain's contract] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Sheila Elorza, nueva jugadora de las Gloriosas" [Sheila Elorza, new Gloriosas player] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Sheila Elorza" (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Marta Perea, Sheila Elorza eta Ainize Barea Euskal Selekzioarekin jokatzeko deitu dituzte" [Marta Perea, Sheila Elorza and Ainize Barea have been called up to play for the Basque National Team] (in Basque). Geuria. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.