Ana Tejada

Ana Tejada Jiménez (born 2 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga F club Real Sociedad and the Spain women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tejada and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.
Ana Tejada
Tejada with Real Sociedad in 2021
Personal information
Full name Ana Tejada Jiménez
Date of birth (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002[1]
Place of birth Logroño, Spain[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 3
Youth career
2015–2017 Logroño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Logroño 24+ (1+)
2019– Real Sociedad 79 (1)
International career‡
2018–2019 Spain U17 18 (0)
2019 Spain U19 2 (0)
2022 Spain U20 6 (0)
2022– Spain 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
First place2018 Lithuania
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
First place2018 Uruguay
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
First place2022 Costa Rica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022

Club career
Tejada as Logroño captain on 5 January 2019

Raised in the village of Lumbreras in La Rioja, Tejada started her career at Logroño,[3] where she was already playing for the first team when they achieved promotion to the Primera División in 2018,[4] making her the youngest active player in the top league, aged barely 16.[5][6]

A solid campaign with Logroño led to her being signed by Real Sociedad in 2019. With her first campaign in San Sebastián interrupted by injury and then the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[7] she became a regular for the txuri-urdin in the 2020–21 season, starting 24 matches.[2]

International career

Tejada was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in May 2018 (Lithuania) and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup played six months later (Uruguay),[5] winning both competitions.[8] She was still young enough to play in the 2019 Under-17 Euros (Bulgaria)[9] and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament', as she had been in the previous year.[5] She later won the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, as a 76th-minute substitute in a 7–0 friendly home win over Argentina.

References
  1. Ana Tejada at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. "Tejada". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. "Tejada". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. "Lumbreras homenajea a la futbolista Ana Tejada" [Lumbreras honours footballer Ana Tejada]. Rioja 2 (in Spanish). 19 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. "Ana Tejada, el talento precoz de la Liga que sueña con hacer historia en el Mundial" [Ana Tejada, the Liga's precocious talent looking to make history at the World Cup]. Eurosport (in Spanish). 14 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. "Ana Tejada, una veterana de 16 años" [Ana Tejada, a 16-year-old veteran]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. "Ana Tejada: "Venir a la Real Sociedad me ha venido muy bien para madurar"" [Ana Tejada: "Coming to Real Sociedad has been very good for me to mature"]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. "El planeta a sus pies con 16 años: Ana Tejada, campeona del mundo" [The planet at her feet at 16 years old: Ana Tejada, world champion]. nuevecuatrouno (in Spanish). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  9. "Las riojanas Ana Tejada y Sara Carrillo, al Europeo de Bulgaria sub-17" [The Riojans Ana Tejada and Sara Carrillo, to the European Under-17 Bulgaria]. nuevecuatrouno (in Spanish). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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