Vanina Correa

Vanina Correa

Personal information
Full name	Vanina Noemí Correa
Date of birth	(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Argentina[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Espanyol
Number	13
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Rosario Central
2002–2003	Banfield
2003–2005	Boca Juniors
2005–2008	Banfield
2008–2009	Boca Juniors
2009	Renato Cesarini
2015	Rosario Central
2016–2018	Social Lux
2019	Rosario Central
2019–2020	San Lorenzo
2020–	Espanyol	0	(0)
National team‡
2003–	Argentina	41	(0)
show Honours Women's football Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April 2021

Vanina Noemí Correa (born 13 August 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish Primera División club RCD Espanyol and the Argentina women's national team.

Club career[]

Correa has played for Renato Cesarini, Boca Juniors, Social Lux, Rosario Central and San Lorenzo in her country.

International career[]

She played the inaugural match of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup against Germany, which Argentina lost 11–0, the biggest defeat in the history of the tournament until Thailand lost 13–0 to the United States in 2019. The following year she was the starting goalkeeper in the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament.^[2]

When Argentina failed to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Correa retired from football the following year. She was persuaded into a national team comeback in 2017, when coach Carlos Borrello encountered her at a domestic fixture. She played in all seven of Argentina's matches at the 2018 Copa América Femenina and in both legs of the subsequent CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off win over Panama.^[3]

At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Correa won acclaim for her performance in Argentina's 1–0 defeat by England in Le Havre. She made six saves including a penalty kick from Nikita Parris. English coach Phil Neville was effusive in his praise: "Their goalkeeper was incredible. I saw her before the game and she was unbelievable, even in the warm-up. What you've seen tonight is an unbelievable goalkeeping performance." The BBC Sport report described Correa's display as "a form of redemption", after her unhappy experiences at the 2003 and 2007 editions of the tournament.^[4]

Personal life[]

On 24 February 2014, Correa gave birth to twins,^[5] who are the result of fertility treatments she did, in the company of her partner at that time.^[6]

International Tournaments[]

Championship	Country	Result
2003 South American Women's Football Championship	Peru	Runners-up
2006 South American Women's Football Championship	Argentina	Winners
Football at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's tournament	Dominican Republic	Fourth Place
Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's tournament	Brazil	Group stage
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup	United States	Group stage
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup	China	Group stage
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament	China	Group stage
2018 Copa América Femenina	Chile	Third Place
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	France	Group Stage
2019 Pan American Games	Peru	Runners-up

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vanina Correa.

• "Vanina Correa / Argentin / Gardien" (in French). SO FOOT.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
• "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ – Players – Vanina CORREA – Vanina Correa". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.