Milagros Menéndez

Milagros Abigail “Mili” Menéndez (born 23 March 1997) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Racing Club.[3] She also played for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Granada CF in 2020, then Elche CF in 2021,[3] and has been part of the Argentina women's national team since 2018.[4] A successful kart racing driver as a teenager, her career began playing an Asociación de Futbol Femenino de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (AFFEBA) national tournament for General Urquiza FC of Mar del Plata before being transferred to UAI Urquiza in 2015.[5] Menéndez signed for Racing Club for the season 2019-2020, where she came back in July 2022 upon her return from Spain.[3]

Milagros Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Milagros Abigail Menéndez[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina[2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Racing
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 UAI Urquiza
2019–2020 Racing 15 (10)
2020–2021 Granada
2021–2022 Elche CF
2022– Racing
International career
2018– Argentina 3 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 LimaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Argentine name, the surname is Menéndez.

International career

Menéndez was selected by the senior team of Argentina for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[6] On 19 June that year, during the tournament, she scored her first international goal, in a 3–3 group stage draw against Scotland.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
19 June 2019Parc des Princes, Paris, France Scotland
1–3
3–3
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

References
  1. "Plantel Femenino: Milagros Abigail Menéndez" (in Spanish). Racing Club.
  2. "Una x una: quiénes son las 23 convocadas de la selección argentina femenina para el Mundial de Francia 2019" (in Spanish).
  3. "Milagros Menéndez dejó España y volvió a Racing". Noticias de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "Only 9 professionals in Argentina's women's World Cup squad". USA TODAY. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. "Milagros Menéndez, una joven que estaba destinada a trascender". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  6. FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Milagros MENENDEZ - Milagros Menéndez - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019.
  7. "Scotland crash out of Women's World Cup after dramatic Argentina comeback". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.


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