Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Christina Marie Burkenroad Sandoval [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Christina Marie Burkenroad [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [3] | 12 July 1993||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | La Jolla, California, United States [4] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Monterrey | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Mission Bay High School | ||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Nomads Soccer Club | ||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Cal State Fullerton Titans | 61 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Orlando Pride | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | IK Grand Bodø | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Sparta Prague | 42 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Monterrey | 159 | (81) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2023– | Mexico | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023 [5] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023 |
Christina Marie Burkenroad Sandoval (born 12 July 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey. In January 2016, she was drafted by the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. [6] [7] Born and raised in the United States to an American father and a Mexican mother, she plays for the Mexico women's national team. [5] [8] [9] [10]
Burkenroad was born in La Jolla, San Diego, to William Burkenroad and Elizabeth Sandoval Noriega. [4] She was four years old when her mother died from ALS. Her father suffered from depression, her brothers moved away, and Burkenroad and her father moved frequently during her childhood. She lived homeless for a few weeks during her junior year at Mission Bay High School [11] [12] before moving in with the family of a teammate. [13] [14]
Until Mission Bay High School, she had only played soccer with boys clubs [15] [16] and Nomads Soccer Club. [13] She excelled in many sports, set a school record for girls' soccer with 93 career goals, [13] and won a scholarship to California State University, Fullerton, Titans [4] [6] [11]
She signed with the Orlando Pride on 18 May 2016, and appeared in 8 matches before being waived on 21 June 2017, to make room for returning forward Alex Morgan. [17] She signed with IK Grand Bodø in Norway's Toppserien in June 2017. [18] [19]
On 6 February 2018, Burkenroad joined Czech side Sparta Prague. [20] She helped Sparta win their first Czech Women's First League title in five years and their ninth Czech Women's Cup. [21] [22] In the 2018–19 season Sparta won both competitions again. [23] [24] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2019–20 Czech Women's First League was canceled and Burkenroad decided to not extend her contract. [25]
On 6 July 2020, Burkenroad joined Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey. [26] Rayadas won the 2021 Apertura, with Burkenroad playing in the first leg of the final but suffering a concussion. [27] In the 2022 Apertura, she scored 16 goals, second-most in the league behind Mia Fishel's 17. [28]
Burkenroad is dating fellow footballer Verónica Pérez. [29] [30]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 1 July 2023 | Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador | El Salvador | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games |
2. | 3 July 2023 | Jamaica | 6–2 | 7–3 | ||
3. | 5 July 2023 | Guatemala | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
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