Lucía León
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucía Marte León | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Right back[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Madrid CFF (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Madrid CFF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | (4) |
2021– | → Madrid CFF (loan) | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
2019 | Spain U23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2021 |
Lucía Marte León (born 14 August 1997), known as Lucia Leon, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Primera División club Madrid CFF, on loan from English FA Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur FC.
Lucía scored Tottenham’s first ever league goal against Arsenal in the 2020 North London Derby.
Club career
Tottenham Hotspur
Leon joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 as a youth.[2][3][4] During the 2018-19 FA Women's Championship, she played in 17 games, including 6 starts.[2][5]
Speaking in 2020 during an interview regarding footballing culture[6] with football journalist Drew Diamond, Lucia revealed how far Tottenham Women had come as a club since she joined in 2013. Expressing how much of a positive impact being able to train as a full-time professional club had made.
References
- ^ "Lucia Leon profile, statistics and news". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Lucia Leon". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Lucia Leon urges Spurs Ladies to be more aggressive in front of goal". Hackney Gazette. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Lucia Leon delighted Tottenham Hotspur Ladies took chances against Aston Villa". Ham & High. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Lucia Leon believes Tottenham Hotspur Ladies are learning all the time". Ham & High. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Diamond, Drew (15 June 2020). "Exclusive: Lucia Leon on English Culture and the Spurs Dream". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
External links
- Tottenham Hotspur player profile
- Lucía León at Soccerway
- Lucía León on X
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Madrid
- Madrilenian footballers
- Spanish women's footballers
- Women's association football fullbacks
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- Madrid CFF players
- FA Women's Super League players
- FA Women's National League players
- Primera División (women) players
- Spanish people of Dominican Republic descent
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- Spanish women's football biography stubs
- Spanish football defender stubs