Anna Buhigas

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Anna Buhigas
Personal information
Full name Anna Rosa Buhigas [1]
Date of birth (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994 (age 30)
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Lipscomb Bisons
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Verona
2018–2019 Pyrgos Limassol
2018–2019 Tavagnacco
2019–2020 Real Betis
2020–2022 Sporting de Huelva
2022–2024 Pomigliano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anna Rosa Buhigas (born December 16, 1994) is an American retired soccer player who played as a goalkeeper for Real Betis. [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Buhigas attended Lipscomb University and played for university team, Lipscomb Bisons whilst playing Buhigas won the ASUN Conference as best athlete and best goalkeeper of the year. [6] [7] [8]

Buhigas signed her first professional soccer contract with Serie A team Verona in 2017. [9] After Buhigas's first season, she left to play for Pyrgos Limassol in Cyprus. [10] After one season in Cyprus, Buhigas returned to Italy to play for Tavagnacco. In 2019, she moved to Real Betis. [11] The following season, she moved to Sporting de Huelva, where she played for two seasons. In 2021/2022 season, she moved to the Serie A side Pomigliano and stayed there for the rest of her senior career. [12] Since retiring from professional soccer, Buhigas has taken up coaching at the University of Tampa's soccer program. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Anna Rosa James Buhigas riparte dalle pantere". September 14, 2023. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Anna Buhigas – 2016 – Women's Soccer". Lipscomb University.
  3. ↑ Jiménez, Mayca (July 10, 2020). "Anna Buhigas completa la portería del Sporting de Huelva". Diario AS .
  4. ↑ "Así son los dos nuevos fichajes del Betis Féminas". Estadio Deportivo . January 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Femminile, Pomigliano Calcio (September 15, 2023). "Pomigliano: ufficializzate Violah Nambi e Anna Rosa James Buhigas".
  6. ↑ Tryggestad, Erik (October 28, 2016). "Good News for good sports".
  7. ↑ "Senior Spanish major credits soccer program to relationship with Christ". September 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Ludovica Purgato. "Agsm a stelle e strisce Sbarca James Buhigas" (PDF). Chievo Verona Women. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Buhigas inks first pro contract in history of women's soccer program". Lipscomb University. August 18, 2017.
  10. ↑ Morena, Giada (December 9, 2021). "Esclusiva CFITA-Rinforzo per il Pomigliano tra i pali, arriva Buhigas".
  11. ↑ Sevilla, Diario de (January 27, 2020). "La estadounidense Anna Buhigas ficha por el Betis". Diario de Sevilla .
  12. ↑ Buongiorno, Fulvio (December 9, 2021). "Esclusiva CFITA: Anna Buhigas si racconta ai nostri microfoni".
  13. ↑ "Anna Buhigas". University of Tampa Athletics.


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