Arella Jácome

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Arella Jácome
Personal information
Full name Arella Jácome Agnalt
Date of birth (2004-08-20) 20 August 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Quito, Ecuador
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
LDU Quito
Youth career
2014–2019 LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– LDU Quito 20 (9)
2021El Nacional (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2021– Ecuador 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 April 2022

Arella Jácome Agnalt (born 20 August 2004) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Superliga Femenina club L.D.U. Quito and the Ecuador women's national team.

Early life[edit]

The eldest of three children, Jácome was born to an Ecuadorian father, former Ecuador international footballer Santiago Jácome, and a Norwegian mother, Groanette Agnalt.[1][2][3] She began playing football aged seven. At ten years old, she was enrolled in a football school run by LDU Quito, where her father serves as sporting director.[4] [5]

Club career[edit]

In 2018, Jácome was signed to the L.D.U. Quito senior team by manager Jeny Herrera.[4]

In March 2021, Jácome joined C.D. El Nacional on loan for the duration of the team's 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina campaign in Argentina.[6]

In February 2022, Jácome underwent surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left leg.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arella Jácome hace realidad su sueño de jugar en el Rodrigo Paz Delgado". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 18 October 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ Campos, Pablo (14 December 2018). "Santiago y Arella Jácome aman el fútbol desde la cuna". Bendito Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  3. ^ Cordova, Martha (5 December 2021). "Arella Jácome y la dinastía futbolística de los leones blancos". Primicias (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b Figueroa, Doménica (15 March 2021). "A sus 16 años, Arella Jácome sueña con jugar en el FC Barcelona femenino". Primicias (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ Tunset, Bendik (13 July 2015). "Ligagull i Ecuador gir jubel i Bardufoss". Nordlys (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ Figueroa, Doménica (2 March 2021). "El Nacional debutará en la Libertadores femenina con cuatro refuerzos". Primicias (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  7. ^ Ojeda, Xavier (7 February 2022). "Arella Jácome será baja para Guerreras Albas y la Selección Nacional por siete meses". pichinchacomunicaciones.com.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.