Mónica Malavassi Álvarez (born 25 April 1989) is a Costa Rican

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player who plays as a

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and a former

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who played as a

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. She has played for both the Costa Rica women's national basketball team and the

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Basketball career

International career

Malavassi played for Costa Rica at three

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editions (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) and the

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico.Sport page< ...

Football career

Club career

Malavassi has played in her country for Arenal.

International career

Malavassi has represented Costa Rica at the

2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2008 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central ...

. She capped at senior level during the

2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying The 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the senior women's national teams of the member associations of CONCACA ...

References

1989 births Living people Sportspeople from San José, Costa Rica Costa Rican women's basketball players Point guards Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Costa Rican women's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportswomen Women's association football forwards Costa Rica women's international footballers {{CostaRica-women-footy-bio-stub