Amaya González Solano (born 21 December 2000) is a Salvadoran-American
association footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for college team
Colorado Buffaloes
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and the
El Salvador national team.
Early life
González was raised in
Bellflower,
California
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.
[ She is of Salvadoran descent.][
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High school and college career
González has attended the Downey High School
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in Downey Downey may refer to:
People
*Downey (surname)
*Robert Downey Jr.
Places
*Downey, California, US
*Downey, Idaho, US
*Downey, Iowa, US
Businesses
* W. & D. Downey, photographic studio
* Downey Studios, created out of a former Boeing plant
Schools ...
, California and the University of Colorado
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in Boulder
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, Colorado
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.[
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International career
González made her senior debut for El Salvador on 8 April 2021.
See also
*List of El Salvador women's international footballers
This is a non-exhaustive list of El Salvador women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior El Salvador women's national football team.
Players
See also
* El Salvador wom ...
References
2000 births
Living people
Salvadoran women's footballers
21st-century Salvadoran sportswomen
Women's association football midfielders
El Salvador women's international footballers
Sportspeople from Bellflower, California
Soccer players from Los Angeles County, California
American women's soccer players
Colorado Buffaloes women's soccer players
American sportspeople of Salvadoran descent
21st-century American sportswomen
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