Samantha Arellano

Samantha Arellano
Personal information
Full name	Samantha Arellano Duron
Date of birth	21 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2013	San Ysidro High School
College career
Years	Team
2013–2016	UC Riverside Highlanders
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2018	Tijuana
2019–2020	América
2020–2022	Tijuana
International career
2012	Mexico U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2020

Last updated December 26, 2024

Samantha Arellano Duron (born 21 August 1995) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Early life

Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Samantha Arellano attended San Ysidro High School in San Diego, California where she became two-time South Bay League Champion under the coaching of Kristina Hernandez and Julio Diaz from 2009 to 2013. During her time with the San Ysidro cougars, Arellano became the top scoring soccer player for the women's soccer team registering 96 goals during her four years of varsity soccer. Arellano was recognized as MVP her sophomore, junior, and senior year by her team and the South Bay League Conference and won All-Conference Academic honors.

Arellano also played for the San Diego United club from 2011 to 2013. During her time with the club, Arellano participated in the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup representing Mexico Women's National Under-17 football team. After her participation, Samantha Arellano was offered to be part of the UC Riverside Highlanders Women's Soccer team to compete in the NCAA Division I Big West Conference intercollegiate competition.

University

Arellano began her participation with the UC Riverside Highlanders Women's Soccer team in 2013 where she saw her first action and first start in the team's season-opening, 3-2 loss to UNLV. Later on she picked up her first assist on a goal against San Jose State University on August 25, 2013. During the Big West Conference, Arellano recorded a goal and an assist in the 3-1 victory over California State University, Northridge, scored the only goal in the 3-1 loss to California Polytechnic State University, and finished second on the team in points, goals and assists. The Big West named her to the All-Conference Honorable Mention Team, while College Sports Madness named her to the All-Conference, Second Team. During her sophomore year, College Sports Madness named her to the Big West Preseason All-Conference First Team, scored goals in the Highlanders first two matches of the season—a 3-0 victory over Grand Canyon University and a 4-2 win over Northern Arizona University—and was named to the Big West All-Academic Team. In Arellano's third season with the highlanders, she recorded the first multi-goal match of her collegiate career in a 2-0 victory at the University of South Dakota and was named to the Big West All-Academic Team. Arellano finished up her college soccer in 2016 leaving with two assists in the 3-0 victory against the University of Houston. By June 2017, she completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology, from the University of California, Riverside.

Playing career

The Liga MX Femenil began its foundation in 2017 and Arellano was one of the many players who pioneered in the league and has been playing since then. She began her professional soccer career with Club Tijuana in July 2017 after debuting against Club America in Mexico City, Mexico.

Club Tijuana

In July 2017, Samantha Arellano debuted her career against Club America and played full ninety minutes of the first match for both teams. Arellano participated in three tournaments with the team from 2017 to 2018 registering four goals after her third season. She scored her first professional career goal against C.F Pachuca September 30, 2017 at Estadio Caliente. Arellano came back to Club Tijuana in 2020 and has been a member of the team since then.

Club America

After her third tournament with Club Tijuana, Arellano signed with Club America in Mexico City, Mexico for the 2019 season and was part of the team from January 2019 - June 2020.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Samantha Arellano at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)

External links

Samantha Arellano Duron at Liga MX Femenil ( archive ) (in Spanish)

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[LF-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Samantha Arellano at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)

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Personal information

Full name	Samantha Arellano Duron^[1]
Date of birth	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)^[1]
Place of birth	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico^[1]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder ^[1]
Youth career
2009–2013	San Ysidro High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	UC Riverside Highlanders
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Tijuana	40	(4)
2019–2020	América	16	(0)
2020–2022	Tijuana	45	(1)
International career
2012	Mexico U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2020