Gabriela Guillén

Gabriela Guillén Álvarez (born 1 March 1992) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a defender for the Costa Rica women's national team.

Gabriela Guillén
Personal information
Full name Gabriela Guillén Álvarez[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Tibás, Costa Rica[2]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Alajuelense FF
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Creighton Bluejays
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Saprissa FF
2020 Þór/KA 12 (0)
2020– Alajuelense FF
International career‡
2007–2008 Costa Rica U17 6
2009–2011 Costa Rica U20 4 (0)
2012– Costa Rica 52 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Costa Rica
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:53, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillén and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Career

Guillén has played football for clubs in Costa Rica and Iceland. Since 2020, she has played for Alajuelense Fútbol Femenino.[3] Guillén began her career with Alajuelense's city rivals Saprissa Fútbol Femenino, and played one season with Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Þór/KA.[4]

She played for Costa Rica against the United States in 2012.[5]

Guillén has participated in under-17 and under-20 World Cups with Costa Rica, playing two matches in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 against Ghana and Germany, and playing no matches in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010.

In 2014 she was part of the Costa Rican team that qualified for the first time to a senior world cup, in this case the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which then she participated in one match against Spain.

She was also part of the Costa Rica Women's National Football Team that won a silver medal in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Later that same year, she was called to play with Costa Rica in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, which Costa Rica failed to qualify.

Personal

Guillén married her partner of ten years in April 2023.[3][6]

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "Futbolista de Alajuelense, Gabriela Guillén, se casó con su novia" (in Spanish). La República. 16 April 2023.
  4. "Gaby Guillén revela por qué fichó con Alajuelense a pesar de pasado con Saprissa" (in Spanish). ESPN. 29 September 2020.
  5. "U.S. WNT vs. Costa Rica". ussoccer.com.
  6. "Gaby Guillén: El fútbol y la homosexualidad; dos mundos que vive sin temores, ni estereotipos" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 8 June 2022.


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