Pamela Tajonar

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Pamela Tajonar
Personal information
Full name Pamela Tajonar Alonso [1]
Date of birth (1984-12-02) 2 December 1984 (age 39) [2]
Place of birth Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico [3]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Monterrey
Number 25
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Querétaro
2007–2011 ITESM Puebla
2005 Arizona Heatwave
2006–2007 FC Indiana 11 (0)
2010 Buffalo Flash
2011 Atlético Málaga
2011 LdB FC Malmö 2 (0)
2012 Levante Las Planas 13 (0)
2013 Western New York Flash 1 (0)
2013–2014 Atlético Málaga 10 (0)
2014–2018 Sevilla 27 (0)
2018–2020 Barcelona 5 (0)
2020–2021 Logroño 31 (0)
2021–2022 Villarreal 5 (0)
2022–2023 Celtic 25 (0)
2023– Monterrey 12 (0)
International career
2002– Mexico 58 [4] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:55, 01 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:17, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Pamela Tajonar Alonso (born 2 December 1984) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and the Mexico women's national team.

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Club career

FC Indiana

Tajonar signed for FC Indiana. [5] [6]

Buffalo Flash

Tajonar played for the Buffalo Flash of the W-League twice, winning the title in 2010. [7]

Atlético Málaga

Tajonar made her professional debut in the Spanish league for Atlético Málaga. [8]

LdB Malmö

In 2011, she signed with Damallsvenskan champion LdB Malmö. [9] She made two appearances for the team after Þóra Helgadóttir earned a red card. [10] Following the end of the season she left Malmö, and next summer she returned to Spain, joining newly promoted Levante Las Planas, with which she played about half of the season's games.

Western New York Flash

On 11 January 2013 she signed for Western New York Flash as part of the NWSL Player Allocation for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League. [11] [12] She started the season on the bench, behind Adrianna Franch.

Sevilla

Tajonar signed for Spanish Primera División club Sevilla in August 2014, after spending four months back in Mexico on a government-backed project to coach soccer to street children. [13] Sevilla were relegated from the top division in 2014–15, but Tajonar decided to remain with the team for their Segunda División campaign. [14]

International career

Tajonar is a member of the Mexico national team, having taken part in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2011 World Cup and 2015 World Cup as well as the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games [15] and the Gold Cup.

Honours

LdB Malmö

Western New York Flash

FC Barcelona

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