Romina Parraguez

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Romina Parraguez
Personal information
Full name Romina Helen Parraguez Leuer
Date of birth (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Vermont Fusion
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 Dixie State Trailblazers
2021 Iowa Western Reivers
2022 Walsh Cavaliers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Cobresal  [ es ]
2018–2019 Colo-Colo
2021 Iowa Raptors
2022– Vermont Fusion
International career
2018 Chile U18 (futsal)
2020 Chile U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Romina Helen Parraguez Leuer (born 26 April 2000) is a Chilean football and futsal player who plays as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Born in Santiago de Chile, Parraguez began to play football at the age of eight and joined her first club at the age of twelve in Iowa, United States. Back in Chile, she joined Cobresal  [ es ]. [2] After, she switched to Colo-Colo. [3]

In 2020, she returned to the United States and played for Dixie State Trailblazers, [4] Iowa Western Reivers [1] and Walsh Cavaliers. [5] [6] between 2020 and 2022.

In 2022, she joined Vermont Fusion. [7] [8]

International career

Initially a central midfielder, Parraguez was called up to training sessions of the Chile youth teams in 2016, switching to the goalkeeper position due to her height. [2]

In 2018, Parraguez represented the Chile under-18 futsal team in the Summer Youth Olympics. [9] [10]

In 2020, she represented Chile at under-20 level in friendlies [11] and the South American Football Championship. [12]

Personal life

Parraguez was born in Santiago, Chile, to a Chilean father and an American mother. She moved to the United States at early age and return to Chile in 2016, settling in Rancagua. [2] [13] [3]

Due to his heritage, she took part in a documental webseries produced by ANFP called #SomosChile (#WeAreChile) about racial diversity in Chile, alongside the international footballers Nozomi Kimura (Japanese descent), Yessenia Huenteo (Mapuche descent) and Pedro Campos (Cuban descent). [2] [14] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Romina Parraguez-Leuer". Iowa Western Reivers. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Romina Parraguez: "Chile se está trasformando en una mezcla diversa"". ANFP (in Spanish). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 (Deportes La Granja TV) Romina Parraguez Arquera Colo-Colo on Facebook (in Spanish). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Romina Parraguez-Leuer - Women's Soccer". Utah Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Romina Parraguez - 2022 - Women's Soccer". Walsh University. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Women's Soccer Players of the Week (Nov. 9)". greatmidwestsports.com. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Haley, Tom (17 May 2022). "Vermont Fusion gears for season". Rutland Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vermont Women's National Soccer Team Players". www.nationstates.net. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Romina Parraguez - Biographical information". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Galdames, Raúl (3 October 2018). "Confirman nómina de la 'Roja' de futsal sub 18 femenina para los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "La Roja Femenina Sub 20 jugará con Uruguay en Santiago". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  13. 1 2 "La ANFP lanza webserie contra la discriminación". En Cancha (in Spanish). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "#SomosChile, la web series de la ANFP para luchar contra la discriminación". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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