Christina Murillo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christina Murillo Ruiz[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 28 January 1993||
Place of birth | Ventura, California, United States[2] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Nordhoff | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2015 | Michigan Wolverines | 82 | (2) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Motor City FC | 9 [3] | (0) |
2017 | Gintra Universitetas | 5 | (5) |
2018 | Chicago Red Stars Reserves | 1 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010 | Mexico U17 | ||
2012 | Mexico U20 | ||
2011–2018 | Mexico | 26[4] | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:32, 18 June 2015 (UTC) |
Christina Murillo Ruiz (born 28 January 1993) is a former American-born Mexican footballer who played as a centre back for the Mexico women's national team.
College career[]
Murillo was a four-year starter at the University of Michigan where she played as a midfielder and center back. She did not play in 2014, instead choosing to train full-time with the Mexican Women's National Team ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Her Senior season she was named team captain and made the All-Big Ten First team. She made 82 appearances and scored 2 goals for the Wolverines.[5]
Club career[]
Murillo signed for the WPSL team in April 2016.[6]
In August 2017, Murillo signed for Lithuanian club Gintra Universitetas. She later signed to the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL.
Personal life[]
Murillo's fiance is Richard Sánchez, also a footballer who, like her, was born in the United States, but has represented Mexico internationally.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Las Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.wpsl.info/team/index.php?tid=190[dead link]
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ @MotorCFC (14 April 2016). "Welcome, Christina Murillo to Motor City FC! The MF/D from @umichwsoccer will be joining us for the 2016 season!" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 July 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Herrera, Sandra (3 October 2018). "Christina Murillo: Falling Through Fire". Howler Magazine. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
External links[]
- Christina Murillo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile (in Spanish) at Mexican Football Federation
- Christina Murillo at Soccerway
- University of Michigan player profile
- Christina Murillo on Twitter
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Citizens of Mexico through descent
- Mexican women's footballers
- Women's association football central defenders
- Mexico women's international footballers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Gintra Universitetas players
- Mexican expatriate women's footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
- Association footballers' wives and girlfriends
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from California
- Sportspeople from Ventura County, California
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- Michigan Wolverines women's soccer players
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Mexican women's football biography stubs