Mónica Desirée Monsiváis Salayandia (born 19 January 1988) is a Mexican former professional

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who last played as a forward for

Liga MX Femenil Liga MX Femenil, also known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana d ...

club Juárez.

Club career

In 2014, she played with the

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. In 2015, Monsiváis played for Kazakhstani side

BIIK Kazygurt BIIK Shymkent () is a women's association football, women's football club based in Shymkent, Kazakhstan competing in the Kazakhstan women's football championship, Kazakhstan Championship. Formerly established in Almaty as Alma-KTZh, the team won ...

, where she made 24 appearances and scored 17 goals. In September 2021, Monsiváis became the first player to have scored 100 goals in

. After playing for

C.F. Monterrey Club de Fútbol Monterrey Rayados, A.C., simply known as Monterrey or by its nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León, that plays in Liga MX, the top d ...

since the inception of Liga MX Femenil in 2017, Monsiváis joined Scottish side Glasgow City in July 2022. She made her league debut for Glasgow City as a substitute in a 1–0 victory over Motherwell on 14 August 2022. Monsiváis left Glasgow City by mutual consent after five months with the club. On 17 December 2024, she announced her retirement.

International career

Monsiváis represented

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at the

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International goals

''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first''

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* * 1988 births Living people Women's association football forwards Mexican women's footballers Footballers from Durango Sportspeople from Gómez Palacio, Durango Mexico women's international footballers FISU World University Games silver medalists for Mexico Summer World University Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade BIIK Kazygurt players Liga MX Femenil players C.F. Monterrey (women) players Glasgow City F.C. players Mexican expatriate women's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate women's footballers in Kazakhstan Toronto Lady Lynx players Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada Scottish Women's Premier League players 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-footy-forward-1980s-stub