Alexia Villanueva

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Alexia Villanueva
Personal information
Full name Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores
Date of birth (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 León
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 América 14 (3)
2020–2023 Santos Laguna 91 (69)
2023 UANL 5 (0)
2024 Santos Laguna 18 (1)
2025– León 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Mexico U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023

Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores (born 22 February 2003) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil side Santos Laguna. [2]

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Career

Villanueva started her career in 2018 with América. [3] In 2020, she joined Santos Laguna. [4] In 2023, she was transferred to UANL. [5] In 2024, she returned to Santos Laguna. [6]

International career

Villanueva was also part of the team that participated in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores". Liga MX Femenil . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ↑ ""Me siento muy feliz de regresar a Santos": Alexia Villanueva" (in Spanish). Santos Laguna. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "América Femenil confirma la salida de Alexia Villanueva para el Torneo de Apertura 2020" (in Spanish). Águilas Monumental. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Alexia Villanueva, jugadora de Santos, es llamada heroína para México en Mundial Sub 20" (in Spanish). Telediario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "De guerrera a felina" (in Spanish). Once Diario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "ALEXIA VILLANUEVA INICIA UNA NUEVA ETAPA COMO GUERRERA" (in Spanish). Santos. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Selección Mexicana Femenil Sub-20 lanza convocatoria de cara a la Copa Mundial de 2022". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, Costa Rica 2022" [Call for the U-20 Women's National Team of Mexico for the FIFA World Cup, Costa Rica 2022]. miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.


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