Paloma Zermeño

Paloma Zermeño Rodríguez (born 18 June 1995) is an American-born Mexican footballer and beach soccer player who represents Mexico in international competitions at both sports. She played for the Mexico women's national football team as a forward. She is currently serving as the captain of the Mexican women's national beach soccer team.[3]

Paloma Zermeño
Personal information
Full name Paloma Zermeño Rodríguez[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995[1]
Place of birth Alameda, California, United States[1]
Playing position(s) Forward[1][2]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 City College of San Francisco (35)
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Mexico U-20 4 (4)
2015– Mexico 5 (0)
2017– Mexico (beach soccer) 1 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2016
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zermeño and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

International career

Zermeño represented Mexico at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. There, she got an ACL injury during the final match against United States. Due to that, she missed the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and the 2014 season for City College of San Francisco.[4]

She made her senior debut on 16 December 2015, starting in a 3-0 victory against Trinidad and Tobago at the International Women's Football Tournament of Natal of that year.[5] She also appeared at the 2016 Four Nations Tournament and the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[6][7] She assisted Katie Johnson in the 6-0 victory against Puerto Rico on 10 February 2016.[8]

References
  1. "La Selección Femenil Sub20 inicia su concentración" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Paloma Zermeno". City College of San Francisco. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. "España, campeona en Puerto Vallarta". Sefutbol.com (in Spanish).
  4. "Trio of CCSF teams playing home playoff games Saturday".
  5. "Selección Nacional en Twitter: "#Femenil El XI vs @TTFootballAssoc: Santiago, Farías, Nieto, Rangel, Espinoza, Cruzaley, Gutiérrez, Verdugo, Zermeño, Johnson y Samarzich."". miseleccion.mx (verified Twitter account). 16 December 2015.
  6. "La SNM Femenil Empató Ante China en el Torneo Cuatro Naciones de Shenzhen" (in Spanish).
  7. "Inicio goleador, Tri femenil humilla a Puerto Rico en el Preolímpico" (in Spanish).
  8. "Goleador debut de México en Preolímpico de Fútbol" (in Spanish). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.


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