Esmeralda Verdugo

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Esmeralda Verdugo
Personal information
Full name Esmeralda Verdugo Romo
Date of birth (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tijuana
Number 6
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Cerritos Falcons 22 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Tijuana 3 (0)
2018–2020 América 51 (5)
2020Tijuana (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2021 León 28 (1)
2021– Tijuana 27 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Mexico U-17
2013–2014 Mexico U-20
2015 Mexico 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2021

Esmeralda Verdugo Romo[1] (born 19 January 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Club Tijuana.

Career[edit]

College[edit]

From 2014 to 2015, Verdugo played college soccer for Cerritos College, scoring 14 goals in 22 games.[2]

Liga MX Femenil[edit]

Verdugo joined Club América from Club Tijuana in 2018.[3] She made her debut in a 2–1 defeat to Toluca.[4] In December 2019, Verdugo and her teammate Lucero Cuevas were victims of an express kidnapping.[5] She subsequently rejoined Club Tijuana on loan.[6]

Verdugo signed with Club León in June 2020.[7] In June 2021, she rejoined Club Tijuana for a third time.[8]

International career[edit]

Verdugo was capped for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Esmeralda Verdugo Romo". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Esmeralda Verdugo". cerritosfalcons.com. Cerritos College Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Esmeralda Verdugo, refuerzo del América de Leo Cuéllar – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. ^ "Ensenadense Esmeralda Verdugo debutó como titular en derrota de América – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. ^ Cwik, Chris (8 January 2020). "Lucero Cuevas and Esmeralda Verdugo transferred to Club Tijuana after being involved in kidnapping". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. ^ Chávez Flores, Priscila (26 May 2020). "Narra Esmeralda Verdugo secuestro con Lucero Cuevas". El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ Murillo, Guadalupe (11 June 2020). "Esmeralda Verdugo y Lucero Cuevas, par de ases en León para el Apertura 2020". espartanasmx.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Esmeralda Verdugo regresa de nuevo a Xolos de Tijuana". AGP Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Arriba, Brasil! Marta chega ao 100º gol, e Seleção passeia contra o México" (in Portuguese).

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