Sandra Sepúlveda
Sandra Milena Sepúlveda Lopera (born 3 March 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Profesional Femenina club Independiente Medellín and the Colombia women's national team.
 Sepúlveda with Colombia in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandra Milena Sepúlveda Lopera | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bello, Antioquia, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Independiente Medellín | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Formas Íntimas | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Kiryat Gat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Junior | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Independiente Medellín | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Deportivo Cali | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Independiente Medellín | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Colombia | 49[1] | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
Sepúlveda joined her first club, Formas Íntimas, as a 10-year-old. She rose to club captain and played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.[2] She accepted a contract offer from the Israeli club Kiryat Gat in November 2015.[3] In January 2018 she agreed to sign for Atlético Junior's newly formed women's team, who were entering the Colombian Women's Football League.[4]
International career
Sepúlveda played for Colombia at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[5] She was voted best goalkeeper at the 2014 Women's Copa America.[6] She was part of Colombia's team at the 2015 World Cup.[6]
References
- "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- Noguera Pulido, Esteban (27 June 2015). "Sandra Sepúlveda, 20 años de sudor y lucha" (in Spanish). El Tiempo (Colombia). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Sandra Sepúlveda, fichada por el Maccabi Kiryat Gat de Israel" (in Spanish). DeportesRCN.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- Noé Gómez, Andrés (12 January 2018). ""Para mi es un honor representar a Junior": Sandra Sepúlveda firmó contrato con las Tiburonas" (in Spanish). Zona Cero. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Sandra Sepúlveda Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- FIFA.com (1 January 1900). "Emotions run high for Sepulveda". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.