Montserratt Grau

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Montserratt Grau
Personal information
Full name Montserratt Grau Rodas
Date of birth (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 OVU Fighting Scots
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Colo-Colo
2014–2016 Universidad de Chile
2019 Universidad de Chile
2019–2020 Murcia Féminas
2020–2022 Universidad de Chile
2022 Ultrasolas CEE
2023 Magallanes  [ es ]
International career
2010 Chile U15
2011 Chile
2012 Chile U17
2012 Chile U20
2023 Chile (homeless)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Singapore Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Montserratt Grau Rodas [1] (born 12 October 1995), usually written as Montserrat Grau, [2] is a former Chilean football player who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Grau began playing football at the age of seven. [2] At professional level, she began her career with Colo-Colo. In 2014, she switched to Universidad de Chile, playing for them in three different stints: 2014–2016, 2019 [3] and 2020–2022. [4] [5] At the end of the 2015 season, she was honored with the Espíritu Universidad de Chile (Spirit of University of Chile) award as the best teammate. [6]

In 2017–18, she had a stint with the OVU Fighting Scots in the United States, the association football team of Ohio Valley University, becoming one of the two team captains. [7] [8]

In 2019, she moved to Spain and signed with Murcia Féminas. [3] [9]

In the second half of 2022, she was a member of the club based in Santiago, Ultrasolas CEE. [10]

In 2023, she joined Magallanes  [ es ]. [11]

In February 2024, she announced her retirement. [12]

International career

Grau was the team captain of the Chile under-15 team that won the gold medal in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. [13] [14]

In 2011, she represented the Chile senior team. [15]

In 2012, she represented the under-17's in the South American Championship. [16]

In 2014, she represented the under-20's in the 2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship|South American Championship. [17]

In 2023, she represented the Chile team in the Homeless World Cup, becoming the runner up. [18]

Other works

She has worked as a football commentator for Zona Latina channel about the 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina [19] and ESPN.

Honours

Chile U15

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