Carmen Menayo Montero (born 14 April 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Liga F club Atlético Madrid.

Although Menayo came to the team as a left winger or forward, she was delaying her position to the side, and with the injury of Paralejo, manager Juan Carlos Antúnez, reconverted her to central defender.

[3] Menayo made her debut with Las Rojiblancas on 3 September 2016 when she replaced Silvia Meseguer in the 85th minute of the first league match against Rayo Vallecano, which ended with an 2-0 Atlético victory.

[8] In the 2017–18 season, manager Ángel Villacampa converted Menayo from left-back to centre-back, accompanying Andrea Pereira in the axis of defense.

[10] Atlético Madrid won the league title again that season and finished runner-up in the Copa de la Reina.

[11][12] In the 2018-19 season, Villacampa was replaced by José Luis Sánchez Vera who reverted Menayo's position to left-back.

[16] Menayo began the 2019–20 season sharing minutes with newcomer Kylie Strom, but after the resignation of José Luis Sánchez Vera and the arrival of Pablo López in October, she became the undisputed starter.

[17] She played in the semifinal of the Supercopa in which they were defeated by Barcelona and the round of 16 match of the Copa de la Reina against Betis in which the Sevillanas went through after winning the penalty shootout.

[21] She returned to the pitch in May 2021 That year, Atlético Madrid had finished in fourth place in the league standings in which they won the Supercopa, a first for Menayo.

[23] In January 2022, the commemorative plaque was installed on the promenade of the club's legends, which certifies having played more than 100 games for Atlético Madrid.

She scored a goal in discount that gave them the league victory against Athletic Club,[29] and she was chosen the best Atlético Madrid player for the month of February.

[30] Menayo debuted with the U-17 national team on 24 March 2013 in the second round match for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship against Finland, in which Spain won 3 goals to 0.

[32] She played the two championship games as a substitute, in which the team lost in the semifinals on penalties to Sweden and finished in third place by beating Belgium 4-0.

[36] Although in the group stage she only played 20 minutes as a substitute against New Zealand, in the knockout rounds she started in all the games, in the quarterfinals against Nigeria, in the semifinal against Italy and in the final against Japan, in which Spain lost to them.

She played the three Elite Round matches valid to qualify for the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, and scored her first international goal against Russia on 22 March 2015.