Natalie Juncos

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Natalie Juncos
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Personal information
Full name Natalie Giselle Juncos [1]
Date of birth (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 33) [1]
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
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Florida Gators 2 (0)
2011–2013 Houston Cougars 41 (1)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 River Plate
2016–2018 UAI Urquiza
2019– Racing
International career
2018– Argentina 6 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team
*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.

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Early life

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.

International career

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]

Personal life

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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Natalie Juncos at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Madre e hija unidas por el deporte y las raíces argentinas" [Mother and daughter united by the sport and the Argentine roots] (in Spanish). Un Lugar en el Mundo. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. "Natalie Juncos". Fieldoo.
  4. "Natalie Juncos - Soccer". Florida Gators.
  5. "Football at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament", Wikipedia, 2021-01-16, retrieved 2021-07-09