Natalia Villarreal

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Natalia Villarreal
Personal information
Full name Natalia Villarreal Pardo
Date of birth (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Tigres UANL
Number 17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017– Tigres UANL 100 (2)
International career
2014–2015 Mexico U17
2015–2018 Mexico U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2017

Natalia Villarreal Pardo [1] (born 19 March 1998), known as Natalia Villarreal, is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for UANL, in the Liga MX Femenil. [2] [3] [4]

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Playing career

Club

Tigres UANL, 2017–present

During a match in December 2017 against Guerreras del Santos Laguna, Villarreal's last-minute goal led Tigres to set a league record for most goals scored by a team in a single match lifting the team to a 6–0 win. She regarded as the most beautiful woman in all of MX femenil. [5]

International

Villarreal represented Mexico at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica and the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea. [6] In December 2017, she was called up by Christopher Cuellar for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago. [7]

Honors and awards

Club

UANL

International

Mexico U17
Mexico U20

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References

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  2. Redacción. "Un sueño jugar en Tigres". Deportes Production (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  3. ElHorizonte. "Tigres Femenil buscará mantener invicto ante Santos". elhorizonte (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
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  5. "Tigres propina la goleada más amplia en la Liga MX Femenil". Excélsior (in Spanish). 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  6. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Natalia VILLARREAL". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  7. "Chivas femenil aporta sólo un elemento a Tri Sub-20". ESPN.com.mx. Retrieved 2018-01-08.