Maz Pacheco
Mayumi "Maz" Pacheco (born 25 August 1998) is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for FA Women's Super League club Aston Villa.[3]
_(cropped).jpg.webp) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mayumi Pacheco[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Ormskirk, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Liverpool | 12 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 26 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Reading | 25 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | West Ham United | 17 | (0) |
| 2021– | Aston Villa | 46 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | England U17 | 8 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | England U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U21 | 10 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2020 | |||
Career
Pacheco made a failed bid to join the youth team of FA WSL 1 side Liverpool in 2013 by participating in the club's trial. She managed to secure a place in the youth team the following year.[4]
Pacheco began her senior career with Liverpool in 2015.[3] She made her club debut on 25 March in a league loss to Sunderland. 11 more appearances followed during the 2015 and 2016 seasons before Pacheco left to join Doncaster Rovers Belles on loan for the remainder of the 2016 campaign.[3][5] She went onto make 12 appearances and score 1 goal prior to signing a permanent contract at the beginning of 2017.[6] In July 2018, Pacheco signed for Reading, after helping Doncaster Rover Belles win the WSL 2 title.[7] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Pacheco had left the club after her contract had expired.[8] On 10 July 2020, Pacheco signed for West Ham United.[9] On August 16, 2021, she signed for Aston Villa FC.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 October 2023.[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental[lower-alpha 3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 2015 | FA WSL 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan) | 2016 | FA WSL 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers Belles | 2017 | FA WSL 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Reading | 2018–19 | FA WSL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 1 | ||
| West Ham United | 2020-21 | WSL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 20 | 0 | |
| Aston Villa | 2021–22 | WSL | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 58 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 5 | ||
- Includes the FA Women's Cup
- Includes the FA WSL Cup
- Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League
Personal life
Pacheco was born in Ormskirk. Her mother comes from the Philippines, her father from Ormskirk, and she has two brothers.[11]
References
- "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Doncaster Rovers Belles. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- Morales, Luisa (19 September 2020). "Meet the full-blooded Filipina booter in England's top football tournament". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "SIGNING: Pacheco signs on loan". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "SIGNING: Pacheco returns". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- "Mayumi Pacheco: Reading Women sign former Doncaster Rovers Belles left-back". BBC Sport. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- "Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- "West Ham United sign defender Maz Pacheco". www.whufc.com.
- "ENGLAND WIN BRONZE MEDAL AT FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". The FA. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- "Special Feature: The story of Mayumi Pacheco, a 17-year-old Pinay footballer playing for Liverpool". Inter Aksyon. 27 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.