Erika Vázquez

Erika Vázquez Morales (born 16 February 1983), known simply as Erika, is a former Spanish footballer who played as a forward, mainly for Athletic Bilbao where she set club records for most appearances and goals.[3] Between 2003 and 2016, she played for the Spain national team and has also played for the Basque Country national team.

For the Ecuadorian footballer, see Erika Vásquez.
Erika Vázquez
Personal information
Full name Erika Vázquez Morales[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-16) 16 February 1983[1]
Place of birth Pamplona, Navarre, Spain[2]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Lagunak
2004–2010 Athletic Bilbao 138 (115)
2010–2011 Espanyol 27 (22)
2011–2022 Athletic Bilbao 240 (125)
International career
Spain U19
2003–2016 Spain 47 (7)
2007– Basque Country 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:38, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vázquez and the second or maternal family name is Morales.

Club career

With 240 goals for the club in the Primera División (women) and 18 more in three UEFA Women's Champions League campaigns[2] she is Athletic Bilbao's all-time top scorer and appearance maker, overtaking the mark of 413 in the latter count set by Eli Ibarra in 2022, a few months before retiring on 423 aged 39 (however, Ibarra won five league championships compared to three for Vázquez).

Her 17 seasons at Lezama was also the most time with the club for a female player across its 20-year history,[4] notwithstanding the year she spent with Espanyol in the 2010–11 season[5] in which the Catalan club finished runners-up in both the league and the Copa de la Reina – Vázquez never won that competition, losing in one earlier final with Lagunak as a teenager in 2000[6] (by coincidence, one of her opponents that day was Vanesa Gimbert who retired alongside her as a teammate in Bilbao 22 years later)[7] and two subsequent finals with Athletic in 2012 and 2014.

International career

She played for Spain since the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification.[8] In June 2013, national team coach Ignacio Quereda confirmed Erika as a member of his 23-player squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 finals in Sweden.[9] She was also part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 February 2004La Forana, Alginet, Spain Belgium6–19–1UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2.7–1
3.30 May 2007Spartak Stadium, Bobruisk, Belarus Belarus1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
4.3 May 2008La Ciudad del Fútbol, Madrid, Spain Belarus1–06–1
5.3–1
6.28 May 2008The Showgrounds, Newry, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland1–03–0
7.2–0

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

Lagunak

References
  1. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Erika profile". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. Erika Vázquez: A Legendary Lioness, Athletic Bilbao, 2 June 2022
  4. Erika Vázquez, una leyenda del Athletic que cuelga las botas [Erika Vázquez, an Athletic legend who hangs up her boots], Diario AS, 10 May 2022 (in Spanish)
  5. Las otras "profesionales" del fútbol [The other "professionals" of soccer], Diario de Navarra 23 February 2011 (in Spanish) Archived 12 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Levante Femenino - 2000) Final Copa de la reina (amplio Resumen)
  7. Vanesa Gimbert to retire at the end of the season, Athletic Bilbao, 22 April 2022
  8. Duret, Sébastien (5 April 2005). "International Matches (Women) 2004". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  9. "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. El Presidente Sanz recibe al Lagunak tras su ascenso a la máxima competición nacional Gobierno de Navarra
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