Samantha Arellano Duron (born 21 August 1995) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Early life

Born in

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, Samantha Arellano attended

San Ysidro High School San Ysidro High School (SYHS) is a public four-year high school in San Diego, California. Serving grade levels 9–12, it was founded in 2002 and is part of Sweetwater Union High School District. SYHS predominantly serves San Ysidro and other ...

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where she became two-time South Bay League Champion under the coaching of Kristina Hernandez and Julio Diaz from 2009 to 2013. During her time with the San Ysidro cougars, Arellano became the top scoring soccer player for the women's soccer team registering 96 goals during her four years of varsity soccer. Arellano was recognized as

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her sophomore, junior, and senior year by her team and the South Bay League Conference and won All-Conference Academic honors. Arellano also played for the San Diego United club from 2011 to 2013. During her time with the club, Arellano participated in the

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions Sou ...

representing

Mexico Women's National Under-17 football team The Mexico U-17 women's national football team is the national women's under-17 football team of Mexico and is managed by the Mexican Football Federation. Miguel Gamero was named head coach on January, 2025. Under Mónica Vergara, the team reac ...

. After her participation, Samantha Arellano was offered to be part of the

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Women's Soccer team to compete in the

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intercollegiate competition.

University

Arellano began her participation with the

Women's Soccer team in 2013 where she saw her first action and first start in the team's season-opening, 3-2 loss to

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. Later on she picked up her first assist on a goal against

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on August 25, 2013. During the

, Arellano recorded a goal and an assist in the 3-1 victory over

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, scored the only goal in the 3-1 loss to

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, and finished second on the team in points, goals and assists. The

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named her to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Team, while College Sports Madness named her to the All-Conference, Second Team. During her sophomore year, College Sports Madness named her to the Big West Preseason All-Conference First Team, scored goals in the Highlanders first two matches of the season—a 3-0 victory over

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and a 4-2 win over

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—and was named to the Big West All-Academic Team. In Arellano's third season with the highlanders, she recorded the first multi-goal match of her collegiate career in a 2-0 victory at the

University of South Dakota The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota, United States. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is t ...

and was named to the Big West All-Academic Team. Arellano finished up her college soccer in 2016 leaving with two assists in the 3-0 victory against the

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. By June 2017, she completed a

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(B.A.) in

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, from the

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Playing career

The

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 ...

began its foundation in 2017 and Arellano was one of the many players who pioneered in the league and has been playing since then. She began her professional soccer career with

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, simply known as Tijuana or Xolos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Tijuana, Baja California, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club ...

in July 2017 after debuting against

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Club Tijuana

In July 2017, Samantha Arellano debuted her career against

and played full ninety minutes of the first match for both teams. Arellano participated in three tournaments with the team from 2017 to 2018 registering four goals after her third season. She scored her first professional career goal against C.F Pachuca September 30, 2017 at

Estadio Caliente Estadio Caliente is a multi-purpose stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, located across the Tijuana River from the Mexico–United States border. It is the home of Club Tijuana of Liga MX. The stadium is also home of Galgos de Tijuana o ...

. Arellano came back to

in 2020 and has been a member of the team since then.

Club America

After her third tournament with

, Arellano signed with

for the 2019 season and was part of the team from January 2019 - June 2020.

References

* https://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/jugador/125291/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTE4MH0=/samantha-arellano-duron * https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/samantha-arellano/ah9bp_TmEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/girls-soccer/stats.htm * https://gohighlanders.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/sammy-arellano/4406

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arellano, Samantha 1995 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Liga MX Femenil players Women's association football midfielders UC Riverside Highlanders women's soccer players Club América (women) footballers Club Tijuana (women) footballers 21st-century Mexican sportswomen