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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) | |||||||||||||||||
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]
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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