Jimena López Fuentes (born 30 January 1999) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, as well as the Mexico women's national team.

Club career

On 14 January 2021, López was selected in the third round (28th overall) of the 2021 NWSL Draft by

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. However, on 26 January 2021 she elected to sign with Spanish Primera División club

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International career

López represented Mexico at the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. She made her senior debut on 27 February 2019 in a

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against

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International goals

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

Honors

OL Reign *

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* The Women's Cup:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Jimena 1999 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer players Footballers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Mexico women's international footballers Pan American Games footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Mexican expatriate women's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Seattle Reign FC players Seattle Reign FC draft picks SD Eibar Femenino players Selfoss women's football players Valencia CF Femenino players Tigres UANL (women) footballers National Women's Soccer League players Besta deild kvenna players Liga F players Liga MX Femenil players Mexico women's youth international footballers 21st-century Mexican sportswomen