Alexa Diaz

Alexa Nicole Diaz (born 19 September 1993) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a defender. She has been a member of the Philippines women's national team.

Alexa Diaz
Personal information
Full name Alexa Nicole Diaz
Date of birth (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender[1]
Youth career
Kennedy Catholic Lancers
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Seattle Pacific Falcons
International career‡
2013– Philippines
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship)

Early life

Diaz was born on 19 September 1993[2] to a Filipino father and a Panamanian mother[3] in Seattle, U.S.[4] She is a native of the town of Burien, Washington and attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School.[5]

Career

Diaz played for the Seattle Pacific Falcons women's soccer team during her college years as a defender. [6]

Diaz was selected to be part of the Philippines women's national team that will later play in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in Bangladesh in 2013[5] after participating in a tryout held in March 2012[3] by then-national team head coach Ernest Nierras in Corona, California.[5] However she was not able to participate due to the late arrival of her proof of citizenship.[3]

She later made her debut later that year, at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games playing in both group stage match against hosts, Myanmar and defending champions, Vietnam.[3]

Diaz also took part in the Philippines' campaign in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Jordan.[7]

Coaching

She is part of the coaching staff of the Pacific Northwest Soccer Club and is a holder of at least a USSF National E License.[4]

References
  1. "Alexa Diaz - Women's Soccer". SPU Athletics. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  3. Bird, Liviu (2013). "Kickin' It in Asia". SPU Response. Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. "Alexa Diaz". Pacific Northwest Soccer Club. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. Moschetti, Mark (19 April 2013). "SPU's Diaz Hoping to Make World Cup Soccer Team". Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. "Alexa Diaz - 2014 Women's Soccer Roster". Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  7. "Football: Philippines shocks host Jordan to open AFC Women's Asian Cup". ABS-CBN. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.


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