| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tanya Nicole Samarzich Ruiz [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | West Covina, California, United States | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | USC Trojans | ||
| 2015–2018 | Kentucky Wildcats | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Monterrey | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Mexico U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Mexico U20 | 11 | (5) |
| 2011–2017 | Mexico | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:42, 20 March 2015 (UTC) | |||
Tanya Nicole Samarzich Ruiz (born 28 December 1994) is a former American-born Mexican footballer who last played as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey. She was a member of the Mexico women's national team.
Samarzich was born in West Covina, California [3] [4] and raised in nearby Upland to a Serbian father and a Mexican mother.
After retirement, she became a middle school P.E. teacher and a coach for California Athletic SC, a youth club based in Southern California. [5]