Milagros Menéndez
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| Full name | Milagros Abigail Menéndez[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Granada | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | UAI Urquiza | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Racing | |||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Granada | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Argentina | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Milagros Abigail “Mili” Menéndez (born 23 March 1997) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Granada CF and the Argentina women's national team.[3] A successful kart racing driver as a teenager, she played an Asociación de Futbol Femenino de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (AFFEBA) national tournament for General Urquiza FC of Mar del Plata before being transferred to UAI Urquiza in 2015.[4]
International career[]
Menéndez was selected by the senior team of Argentina for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5] On 19 June that year, during the tournament, she scored her first international goal, in a 3–3 group stage draw against Scotland.[6]
International goals[]
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
19 June 2019 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Scotland |
1–3 |
3–3 |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
References[]
- ^ "Plantel Femenino: Milagros Abigail Menéndez" (in Spanish). Racing Club.
- ^ "Una x una: quiénes son las 23 convocadas de la selección argentina femenina para el Mundial de Francia 2019" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Only 9 professionals in Argentina's women's World Cup squad". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ "Milagros Menéndez, una joven que estaba destinada a trascender". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Milagros MENENDEZ - Milagros Menéndez - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019.
- ^ "Scotland crash out of Women's World Cup after dramatic Argentina comeback". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
External links[]
- Milagros Menéndez at Soccerway
- Argentine women fight against inequality in soccer Daily Herald, 7 November 2018
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- Living people
- Women's association football forwards
- Argentine women's footballers
- Sportspeople from Mar del Plata
- Argentina women's international footballers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- UAI Urquiza (women) players
- Female racing drivers
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Argentine football forward, 1990s birth stubs
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