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The Guardian - UK
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Louise Taylor

Manchester City’s Deyna Castellanos: ‘I want to change the world a little bit’

Deyna Castellanos
Deyna Castellanos believes she can ‘grow as a player’ under Gareth Taylor at Manchester City. Photograph: Manchester City FC

Back home in Venezuela, Deyna Castellanos is known as “Queen Deyna” but minutes into our conversation all nagging fears that Manchester City’s new No 10 might prove precious or high maintenance have evaporated.

In Spanish reina means queen and, as it rhymes with Deyna, it felt a natural fit for a woman who became captain of her country’s La Vinotinto at only 21.

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