Esmeralda Verdugo

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Esmeralda Verdugo
Personal information
Full name Esmeralda Verdugo Romo
Date of birth (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tijuana
Number 6
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2015 Cerritos Falcons 22 (14)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Tijuana 3 (0)
2018–2020 América 51 (5)
2020 → Tijuana (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2021 León 28 (1)
2021– Tijuana 27 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Mexico U-17
2013–2014 Mexico U-20
2015 Mexico 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2021

Esmeralda Verdugo Romo [1] (born 19 January 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Club Tijuana.

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Career

College

From 2014 to 2015, Verdugo played college soccer for Cerritos College, scoring 14 goals in 22 games. [2]

Liga MX Femenil

Verdugo joined Club América from Club Tijuana in 2018. [3] She made her debut in a 2–1 defeat to Toluca. [4] In December 2019, Verdugo and her teammate Lucero Cuevas were victims of an express kidnapping. [5] She subsequently rejoined Club Tijuana on loan. [6]

Verdugo signed with Club León in June 2020. [7] In June 2021, she rejoined Club Tijuana for a third time. [8]

International career

Verdugo was capped for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Esmeralda Verdugo Romo". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Esmeralda Verdugo". cerritosfalcons.com. Cerritos College Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Esmeralda Verdugo, refuerzo del América de Leo Cuéllar – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. ↑ "Ensenadense Esmeralda Verdugo debutó como titular en derrota de América – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. ↑ Cwik, Chris (8 January 2020). "Lucero Cuevas and Esmeralda Verdugo transferred to Club Tijuana after being involved in kidnapping". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Chávez Flores, Priscila (26 May 2020). "Narra Esmeralda Verdugo secuestro con Lucero Cuevas". El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Murillo, Guadalupe (11 June 2020). "Esmeralda Verdugo y Lucero Cuevas, par de ases en León para el Apertura 2020". espartanasmx.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Esmeralda Verdugo regresa de nuevo a Xolos de Tijuana". AGP Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Arriba, Brasil! Marta chega ao 100º gol, e Seleção passeia contra o México" (in Portuguese).


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