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Fernanda Figueroa
María Fernanda Figueroa Figueroa (born 22 June 1997), known as Fernanda Figueroa, is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Dimas Escazú and the Costa Rica women's national team. Early life Figueroa and her five siblings were raised by their grandmother after their mother abandoned the family. She began playing football in her youth and looked up to Karla Villalobos as an inspiration. Club career Figueroa has played for Dimas Escazú in Costa Rica. She led the league in scoring in 2020 with 22 goals. International career Figueroa made her senior debut for Costa Rica on 13 June 2021 as a 69th-minute substitution in a 0–0 friendly away draw against Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b .... References External links * * 1997 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a forward (attacker or striker) is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position which primarily plays further up the pitch than Midfielder, midfielders and Defender (association football), defenders. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack. Their advanced position and limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals on behalf of their team than other players. Attacking positions generally favour direct players who take on the defense of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. Formation (association football), Modern team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common Formation (association football)#4–2–3–1, 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or sometimes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica Women's National Football Team
The Costa Rica women's national football team () represents Costa Rica in women's international football. The national team is controlled by the governing body Costa Rican Football Federation. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Guatemala and Panama. Since the 2010s, Costa Rica has emerged in women's football, and akin to their men's counterparts, its women's side is also visibly recognised as a stern and competitive opponent despite relative recent entrance to the big stage. In Costa Rica's first World Cup in 2015, despite being rated the weakest team in the group, Costa Rica shocked the tournament with two points by drawing against strong Spain and South Korea sides, and was only eliminated by a late goal from Brazil. History The Costa Rican team just started to play an international match in 1990, when Central America was on struggle about developing women's football. The success of men's team helped the FCF to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Association Football
Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries, and about 200 national teams participate internationally. The same rules, known as the Laws of the Game, are used for both women's and men's football. After the "first golden age" of women's football occurred in the United Kingdom in the 1920s, with one match attracting over 50,000 spectators, the Football Association instituted a ban from 1921 to 1970 in England that disallowed women's football on the grounds used by its member clubs. In many other nations, female footballers faced similarly hostile treatment and bans by male-dominated organisations. In the 1970s, international women's football tournaments were extremely popular, and the oldest surviving continental championship was founded, the AFC Women's Asian Cup. However, a woman did not speak at the FIFA Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Villalobos
Karla Gabriela Villalobos Durán (born 16 July 1986) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Saprissa. She has been a member of the Costa Rica women's national team. International career Villalobos played all three of Costa Rica's matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 13 June 2015, at the 89th minute of Costa Rica's second match in the tournament against South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ..., she scored the team's second goal of the match, which earned them a 2–2 draw. International goals References External links * Karla Gabriela Villalobos Duran– FIFA World Cup profile Profile at Fedefutbol * 1986 births Living people Costa Rican women's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportswomen Costa Rica women's int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala Women's National Football Team
The Guatemala women's national football team is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Costa Rica women's national football team, Costa Rica, having won the 1999 UNCAF championship. History Following the creation of the first Guatemalan women's football championship, national women's league in 1997, a Guatemala women's national team was formed and in 1998 it began playing official international matches, the first of which was an 11–0 win against Honduras women's national football team, Honduras on 19 July 1998. After two more wins against El Salvador and Haiti, Guatemala advanced to the 1998 CONCACAF's Women's Championship#Final tournament, final qualification tournament to the 1999 Women's World Cup, where they finished fourth. In June 1999 the first UNCAF Women's Championship was celebrated in Guatemala City, where after wins against Honduras and Nicarag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Births
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Living People
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Footballers From Puntarenas Province
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play other forms of football. Career Jean-Pierre Papin has described football as a "universal language". Footballers across the world and at almost any level may regularly attract large crowds of spectators, and players are the focal points of widespread social phenomena such as association football culture. Footballers usually begin as amateurs and the best players progress to become professional players. Normally they start at a youth team (any local team) and from there, based on skill and talent, scouts offer contracts. Once signed, some learn to play better football and a few advance to the senior or profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rican Women's Footballers
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21st-century Costa Rican Sportswomen
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Women's Association Football Forwards
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