Sintia Cabezas

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Sintia Cabezas
Personal information
Full name Sintia Vanesa Cabezas Vanegas
Date of birth (2006-05-01) 1 May 2006 (age 18)
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lexington SC
(on loan from the San Diego Wave)
Number 29
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 América de Cali
2025– San Diego Wave 0 (0)
2025– → Lexington SC (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2022–2024 Colombia U20 24 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Sintia Vanesa Cabezas Vanegas (born 1 May 2006) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defender for USL Super League club Lexington SC, on loan from San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has represented Colombia at the youth international level.

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Club career

Cabezas grew up in Cali. In 2022, she said she aspired to play at the college level in the United States and French club Paris Saint-Germain. [1] She was playing for Colombian Women's Football League club América de Cali in 2024. [2]

On 20 January 2025, the NWSL's San Diego Wave FC announced that they had signed Cabezas on a two-year contract and would loan her to USL Super League club Lexington SC for the year. [2]

International career

Cabezas debuted for Colombia's under-20 team when she was 16. [2] She helped them qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, playing all seven games and starting five at the 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship as they finished runner-up to Brazil. [3] Two years later, she started all nine games during the 2024 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, where they finished in third place. Colombia hosted the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where Cabezas played every minute of regulation for the team, helping them top their group with three shutout wins. [3] In the round of 16, she assisted Linda Caicedo in a 1–0 win against South Korea, [4] before they were eliminated on penalties after a 2–2 draw against the Netherlands. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sintia Cabezas, del oriente de Cali a brillar en la Selección Colombia Femenina" (video) (in Spanish). Telepacífico. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2025– via YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 "San Diego Wave FC Sign 18-Year-Old Colombian Defender Sintia Cabezas". San Diego Wave FC. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 Sintia Cabezas at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ "Golazo especial para Linda en Mundial Sub 20: en su tierra, ante su gente..." (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "How Colombia can take positives from defeat on home soil". FIFA. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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