Natalia Gaitán Laguado (born 3 April 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains the Colombia women's national team. With her country Gaitán played at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and also made a powerful appearance at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.[1][3]
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| Full name | Natalia Gaitán Laguado | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Internacional de Bogotá Club | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Toledo Rockets[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | CD Transportes Alcaine | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Houston Aces | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Valencia | 97 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Sevilla | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Tigres UANL | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Colombia U17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Colombia | 39[2] | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Gaitán signed for Valencia CF in September 2015. She had previously played in Spain for CD Transportes Alcaine in the 2013–14 season.[4] She played the 2014 WPSL season with Houston Aces and spent the first half of 2015 in a national team training camp.[5]
Studies edit
Gaitán received a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Toledo and an MBA in International Sports Management from Valencia CF in Spain.
Personal life edit
Gaitán was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia aged four and underwent chemotherapy treatment from 1994 to 1998.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "16 Natalia Gaitán". University of Toledo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan joins VCF Femenino". Valencia CF. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Roldán, Isabel (7 October 2015). "Natalia Gaitán: "Sueño con jugar la Champions con el Valencia"" (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Natalia Gaitan". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
External links edit
- Natalia Gaitán at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- FIFA Player Natalia Gaitán
- Natalia Gaitán on Facebook
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