Lara Esponda

Lara Esponda (born 5 November 2005) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for River Plate in Argentina's Women's Primera A.[1][2]

Lara Esponda
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-11-05) 5 November 2005
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 1
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– River Plate
International career‡
2022 Argentina U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023

Early years and club career

Esponda began playing football with a youth team in Ituzaingó, Argentina. She started as a forward, but was asked to fill in for an absent goalkeeper, and has played that position since.[3]

She started advanced training at the age of 9, and at 11 began training with the first team, joining River Plate's first team in the 2019–20 season. On 9 March 2020, at the age of 14, she made her debut, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play in Women's Primera A, the top women's football league in Argentina.[4] In 2018 she was champion of the Under-14 Development League with River Plate as the starting goalkeeper, beating the women's team of the Chubut Valley League 1–0.[5] In January 2023 she signed her first professional contract.[6]

International career

After playing on the national under-15 team,[7] on 13 October 2020, she was called up to the Argentina national under-17 team.[8]

Esponda was called up to the Argentina national U-20 team in February 2022 to play in the 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in Chile.[9] She conceded two goals, both in the loss to Venezuela. La albiceleste finished third and did not advance to the next round.[10] It was part of a mixed call between sub-18 and sub-20 for the COTIF La Alcudia 2022 tournament,[11][12] where her team finished runner-up.[13]

Esponda earned a call-up to the Argentina women's national team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[14]

References
  1. "Lara Esponda: Representar a la Selección Argentina es un orgullo enorme". OneFootball (in Spanish). 17 July 2023.
  2. Knudtsen, Federico (16 August 2021). "Estoy feliz por las oportunidades que nos dan»: Lara Esponda, arquera de River de 15 años, elogió el trabajo que se realiza en inferiores". soydelmillo.com (in Spanish).
  3. "Lara Esponda: Representar a tu selección es uno de los logros más grandes que puede tener una jugadora". River, el más grande (in Spanish). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. "River y una ráfaga de goles". Club Atletico River Plate (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. "River campeón de la Liga de Desarrollo Sub 14 – Liga Santafesina de Futbol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. "Fútbol Femenino: refuerzos, renovaciones y nuevos contratos". lamaquinariver.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2023 – via webcache.googleusercontent.com.
  7. "Las juveniles se pusieron en marcha". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. "Cinco millonarias convocadas a la Selección Sub-17". Tan Interactiva (in Spanish). costafebremonumental.com. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  9. "Una por una, todas las futbolistas que jugarán el Sudamericano". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  10. "Summary - Sudamericano U20 Femenino - South America - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  11. "Las Selecciones Sub20 y juvenil Femenina, en viaje a España para disputar el Torneo COTIF L' Alcudia". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  12. "Plantel Femenino confirmado para viajar al Torneo Internacional COTIF La Alcudia". Sitio Oficial de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  13. "Argentina cayó en la final del torneo de L'Alcudia". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  14. "Lista de convocadas para el Mundial Australia/Nueva Zelanda 2023" [Squad list for the Australia/New Zealand 2023 World Cup] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 8 July 2023.
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