Gloriana Villalobos

Gloriana de Jesús Villalobos Vega (born 20 August 1999) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Saprissa and the Costa Rica women's national football team. In 2014, she made her senior international debut at the age of 14.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villalobos and the second or maternal family name is Vega.
Gloriana Villalobos
Villalobos with Saprissa in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gloriana de Jesús Villalobos Vega[1]
Date of birth (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999[1]
Place of birth San José, Costa Rica
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Saprissa
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Florida State Seminoles 42 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Saprissa
2019 Saprissa
2020–2022 Herediano
2022– Saprissa
International career‡
2014–2016 Costa Rica U-17
2014–2018 Costa Rica U-20 8 (0)
2014– Costa Rica 50 (6)
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 30 October 2017

College career

In 2017, Villalobos was named to the All-ACC Third Team, as well as being chosen to the 11-member All-Freshman Team.[2] Villalobos played in all 21 matches for Florida State where she scored 1 goal and made 2 assists. Gloriana left FSU in September 2019 to play with Saprissa.

Professional career

Villalobos debuted for local club Saprissa in 2012 at the age of 12.[3]

Gloriana played with Saprissa on 2019 and lost the final match against Alajuela. After the season ended she signed with Club Sport Herediano and is playing with them since 2020.

International play

In January 2014, Villaobos—yet to turn 15—led Costa Rica to qualification for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, appearing in all five games at the 2014 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship in the Cayman Islands.

She then shot to national prominence in March 2014, when Costa Rica hosted the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She appeared in all three games as the country hosted its first FIFA event.[4]

In May 2014, Villalobos received her first call to the senior national team in the Central American region of 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, the first step toward the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Villalobos scored in the final group game to help Costa Rica advance.[5] In the playoff to determine which team advanced to the Pan American Games, Villalobos played again in a 3–0 Costa Rica win.[6]

At the U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada in August 2014, Villalobos played all 270 minutes but Costa Rica was eliminated in the group stage again.[4]

In 2017, Villalobos joined the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team.

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 July 2018Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia1–01–02018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2.23 July 2018 Venezuela2–12–1
3.27 August 2018IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States El Salvador5–011–02018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
4.11 October 2018H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States Canada1–31–32018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5.17 February 2022Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Saint Kitts and Nevis6–07–02022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
6.11 October 2022Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica Philippines2–12–1Friendly

Honours

Florida State Seminoles

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Three Seminoles Earn All ACC Honors". 5 November 2017.
  3. "Gloriana Villalobos: guía y talento de la ilusión de la Sub-17". La Nación. 15 March 2014.
  4. "Gloriana Jesus Villalobos Vega – Fútbol – Scoresway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics".
  5. "Inicio – Uncaf". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. "Inicio – Uncaf". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.