Natalia Gaitán
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| Full name | Natalia Gaitán Laguado | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1991 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sevilla | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Internacional de Bogotá Club | |||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Toledo Rockets[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | CD Transportes Alcaine | 28 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Houston Aces | |||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Valencia | 76 | (4) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | Sevilla | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Colombia U17 | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2011– | Colombia | 39[2] | (4) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Natalia Gaitán Laguado (born 3 April 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Sevilla FC and captains the Colombia women's national team. With her country Gaitán played at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and also made a powerful appearance at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.[1][3]
Club career[]
Gaitán signed for Valencia CF in September 2015. She had previously played in Spain for CD Transportes Alcaine in the 2013–14 season.[4] She played the 2014 WPSL season with Houston Aces and spent the first half of 2015 in a national team training camp.[5]
Studies[]
Gaitán received a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Toledo and an MBA in International Sports Management from in Spain.
Personal life[]
Gaitán was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia aged four and underwent chemotherapy treatment from 1994 to 1998.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b "16 Natalia Gaitán". University of Toledo. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan joins VCF Femenino". Valencia CF. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Roldán, Isabel (7 October 2015). "Natalia Gaitán: "Sueño con jugar la Champions con el Valencia"" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
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- 1991 births
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- Women's association football midfielders
- Colombian women's footballers
- Colombia women's international footballers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in football
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- Toledo Rockets women's soccer players
- Primera División (women) players
- Zaragoza CFF players
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