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Full name | Natalie Giselle Juncos [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 December 1990||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Detroit, Michigan, United States [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender, [1] midfielder [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Racing | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Lourdes High School | |||||||||||||||||
Northwest Rankin High School | |||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Florida Gators | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Houston Cougars | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | River Plate | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | UAI Urquiza | ||||||||||||||||
2019– | Racing | ||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Argentina | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2019 |
Natalie Giselle Juncos (born 28 December 1990) is an American-born Argentine footballer who plays as a defender for Racing Club de Avellaneda and the Argentina women's national team.
Juncos was born in Detroit to Argentine Olympic swimmers Luis Juncos and Valentina Aracil. [2] She was raised in Rochester, Minnesota and lived in Brandon, Mississippi. [4] Juncos attended the University of Florida, where she played for the Florida Gators women's soccer team. In 2010 she opted to transfer to the University of Houston where she appeared in 41 matches and served as the team captain during her senior year.
Juncos made her senior debut for Argentina during the 2018 Copa América Femenina on 6 April that year in a 1–3 loss to Brazil. She represented Argentina at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. The same year, Juncos participated at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won a silver medal as part of the Argentina national team. [5]
Juncos is married to an American man from Texas. Her brother Nicholas is also an association football player. Her parents now live in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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