Alexa Diaz

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Alexa Diaz
Personal information
Full name Alexa Nicole Diaz
Date of birth (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender [1]
Youth career
Kennedy Catholic Lancers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Seattle Pacific Falcons
International career‡
2013– Philippines
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship)

Alexa Nicole Diaz (born 19 September 1993) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a defender. She has been a member of the Philippines women's national team.

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Early life

Diaz was born on 19 September 1993 [2] to a Filipino father and a Panamanian mother [3] in Seattle, U.S. [4] She is a native of the town of Burien, Washington and attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School. [5]

Career

Diaz played for the Seattle Pacific Falcons women's soccer team during her college years as a defender. [6]

Diaz was selected to be part of the Philippines women's national team that will later play in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in Bangladesh in 2013 [5] after participating in a tryout held in March 2012 [3] by then-national team head coach Ernest Nierras in Corona, California. [5] However she was not able to participate due to the late arrival of her proof of citizenship. [3]

She later made her debut later that year, at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games playing in both group stage match against hosts, Myanmar and defending champions, Vietnam. [3]

Diaz also took part in the Philippines' campaign in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Jordan. [7]

Coaching

She is part of the coaching staff of the Pacific Northwest Soccer Club and is a holder of at least a USSF National E License. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alexa Diaz - Women's Soccer". SPU Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bird, Liviu (2013). "Kickin' It in Asia". SPU Response. Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Alexa Diaz". Pacific Northwest Soccer Club. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Moschetti, Mark (19 April 2013). "SPU's Diaz Hoping to Make World Cup Soccer Team". Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Alexa Diaz - 2014 Women's Soccer Roster". Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Football: Philippines shocks host Jordan to open AFC Women's Asian Cup". ABS-CBN. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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