Natalia Gaitán

Natalia Gaitán Laguado (born 3 April 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and captains the Colombia women's national team. With her country Gaitán played at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and also made a powerful appearance at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.[1][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gaitán and the second or maternal family name is Laguado.
Natalia Gaitán
Personal information
Full name Natalia Gaitán Laguado
Date of birth (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2008 Internacional de Bogotá Club
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Toledo Rockets[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 CD Transportes Alcaine 28 (0)
2014 Houston Aces
2015–2020 Valencia 97 (4)
2020–2022 Sevilla 29 (1)
2022–2023 Tigres UANL 28 (0)
International career‡
2008 Colombia U17
2010 Colombia U20 6 (0)
2011– Colombia 39[2] (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Gaitán signed for Valencia CF in September 2015. She had previously played in Spain for CD Transportes Alcaine in the 2013–14 season.[4] She played the 2014 WPSL season with Houston Aces and spent the first half of 2015 in a national team training camp.[5]

Studies

Gaitán received a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Toledo and an MBA in International Sports Management from Valencia CF in Spain.

Personal life

Gaitán was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia aged four and underwent chemotherapy treatment from 1994 to 1998.[6]

References
  1. "16 Natalia Gaitán". University of Toledo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. "Natalia Gaitan Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "Natalia Gaitan joins VCF Femenino". Valencia CF. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. Roldán, Isabel (7 October 2015). "Natalia Gaitán: "Sueño con jugar la Champions con el Valencia"" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  6. "Natalia Gaitan". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.


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