Mari Paz Vilas

Mari Paz Vilas Dono is a Spanish football forward, currently playing for Valencia CF in Spain's Primera División.[1] She is graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vilas and the second or maternal family name is Dono.
Mari Paz Vilas
Training for the national team in 2012
Personal information
Full name María de la Paz Vilas Dono
Date of birth (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988
Place of birth Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Valencia
Number 10
Youth career
Arosa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Atlético Arousana (186)
2006–2008 Levante 48 (17)
2008–2011 Barcelona (61)
2011–2013 Espanyol 59 (50)
2013–2020 Valencia 195 (132)
National team
2006–2007 Spain U19 9 (9)
2008– Spain 25 (15)
2007– Galicia 2 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2019

Career

Vilas started her senior career at local team Atlético Arousana until 2006, when she signed for Levante UD[2] for making her debut in Primera División.

In 2008, Vilas moved to RCD Espanyol,[3] and three years later, she signed with FC Barcelona.[4]

In 2013, the Galician player moved to Valencia CF.

International career

She was a member of the Spanish national team during the 2009 European Championship qualifying,[5] scoring a goal in her first match against Northern Ireland.[6] Previously she scored the first of Spain's two goals in the 2007 Under-19 Euro.[7]

Vilas set a new UEFA Women's Championship record in April 2012 when she scored seven goals in her team's 13–0 win over Kazakhstan marking her return to the national team.[8]

International goals
Mari Paz Vilas – goals for  Spain
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 February 2008Estadio El Montecillo, Aranda de Duero Northern Ireland3–04–0Euro 2009 qualifying
25 April 2012La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid Kazakhstan4–013–0Euro 2013 qualifying
35–0
46–0
57–0
69–0
710–0
813–0
916 June 2012Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland  Switzerland1–14–3
1021 June 2012La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid Turkey2–04–0
113–0
128 April 2017Kehrwegstadion, Eupen Belgium0–21–4Friendly
1330 June 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar Belgium7–07–0Friendly
1428 February 2018AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Austria0–20–22018 Cyprus Women's Cup
157 June 2018La Condomina, Murcia Israel1–02–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Mari Paz Vilas – goals for  Galicia
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 December 2007Balaídos, Vigo Catalonia1–21–6Friendly
228 December 2008Pasarón, Pontevedra Balearic Islands1–07–1Friendly
37–0

References
  1. "Mary Paz" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Mari Paz" (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. Mari Paz dresses as a queen to give Espanyol its sixth Cup. Marca, 10 June 2012
  4. Barreiros, Pedro J. (26 July 2008). "La goleadora gallega Mari Paz Vilas vestirá la camiseta del Barcelona la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. "Convocatoria para el partido España - Inglaterra clasificatorio para el VII Campeonato de Europa Femenino" (in Spanish). RFEF. 22 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. "La selección femenina goleó a Irlanda y mantiene sus esperanzas" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  7. Hart, Patrick (20 July 2007). "Spain turn on the style". UEFA. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  8. "Germany and Spain in the goals, Finland ahead". UEFA. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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