Mia Villalpando

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Mia Villalpando
Personal information
Full name Mia Isabella Villalpando Valderrama
Date of birth (2008-05-10) 10 May 2008 (age 17) [1]
Place of birth Bonita, California, USA
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tigres UANL
Youth career
2022–2024 San Siego Surf ECNL
2024– Tigres UANL (U-19)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Tigres UANL
International career‡
2022–2023 USA U-15
2024– Mexico U-17
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Silver medal icon.svg 2024 Mexico
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2025 Morocco
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 November 2025

Mia Isabella Villalpando Valderrama (born on 10 May 2008 in Bonita, California) is a Mexican-American professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national under-17 football team. [2]

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Youth career

A daughter of Mexican parents, Villalpando was born in Bonita, California, and began her training at San Diego Surf ECNL [3] [4] and the United States girls' national under-15 soccer team (2022–2023) under head coaches Katie Schoepfer [5] and Ciara Crinion. [6]

In 2024 she moved to Mexico to join Tigres (U-19) [3] and the Mexican women's national under-17 football team [7] that secured second place at the 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship [8] and third place at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup celebrated in Morocco. [9]

Tigres UANL

Villalpando played her first professional match in Liga MX Femenil with Tigres UANL during the 2025 Apertura coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute for Sabrina Enciso in a 5-1 victory against Pumas UNAM on matchday 11. [10]

Honours

Mexico U-17

References

  1. 1 2 "Squad List – FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Flores Aldana, Omar (8 November 2025). "¿De qué equipo son las seleccionadas de México Sub-17 Femenil?" [Which team do the players selected for the Mexican U-17 Women's team belong to?] (in Spanish). ESPN Mexico. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Rivera, Rafael (10 March 2024). "Mia Villalpando se une a Tigres Femenil" [Mia Villalpando joins Tigres Femenil] (in Spanish). Posta Deportes. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Pioneer, Erin (27 August 2024). "2023-24 ECNL Conference Players Of The Year And All-Conference Teams". San Diego Surf SC. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Women's Youth National Team Comes Together At National Performance Center In Kansas City, Kansas". U.S. Soccer. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Women's Youth National Team Will Travel To Germany And Netherlands For Two Matches". U.S. Soccer. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-17" [Call-up for the Mexican National Under-17 Team] (in Spanish). Selección mexicana de fútbol. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  8. 1 2 "USA clinch U-17 Women's Concacaf triumph". FIFA. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Mexico edge Brazil to earn podium place". FIFA. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  10. ↑ Rivera, Rafael (13 September 2025). "Tigres Femenil ficha a Mia Villalpando de último minuto para el Apertura 2025" [Tigres Femenil signed Mia Villalpando at the last minute for the Apertura 2025,] (in Spanish). Posta Deportes. Retrieved 11 November 2025.


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