Valeria Meza

Valeria Meza
Personal information
Full name Valeria Alejandra Meza Cárdenas
Date of birth (1999-11-08) November 8, 1999
Place of birth Zapopan, Jalisco Mexico
Height 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Guadalajara
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Guadalajara 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Valeria Alejandra Meza Cárdenas[1] (born 8 November 1999) is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Guadalajara (commonly known as Chivas)[2] of the Liga MX Femenil, the first professional women's soccer league in Mexico.[3] She also plays for the Mexico women's national under-20 football team.[4] In 2017, she helped elevate Chivas to the first professional women's soccer championship in the country.[2][5] Chivas won the final in front of a record-breaking 32,466 spectators.[6]

Playing career

Guadalajara, 2017–

Meza began playing for Guadalajara during the inaugural season of Liga MX Femenil.[2] In July 2017, she helped the team win the inaugural Tapatío Women's Classic.[7]

Honours

Club

Guadalajara

References

  1. "Valeria Meza". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "'Prohibido agrandarse' | NTR Guadalajara". www.ntrguadalajara.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  3. "Femenil final shows women's football is thriving in Mexico". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  4. "Fútbol Femenil: Con jugadoras de la Liga MX Femenil, la selección Sub-20 iniciará concentración - MARCA Claro México". MARCA Claro México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  5. "Chivas femenil apunta a una nueva final en el Clausura 2018". Publimetro México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  6. Redacción (2017-11-24). "Crónica Chivas vs Pachuca, Final Liga MX Femenil". Deportes Production (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  7. "Chivas se impone a Atlas en Clásico Tapatío femenil". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
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