Alexa Diaz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexa Nicole Diaz | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2014 | Seattle Pacific Falcons | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013– | Philippines | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2016 (before the 2016 AFF Women's Championship) | |||
Alexa Diaz is a Filipino association footballer who has played for the Philippines women's national football team.
Early life
Diaz was born on 19 September 1993[1] to a Filipino father and a Panamanian mother[2] in Seattle, U.S.[3] She is a native of the town of Burien, Washington and attended John F. Kennedy Catholic High School.[4]
Career
Diaz played for the Seattle Pacific Falcons women's soccer team during her college years as a defender. [5]
Diaz was selected to be part of the Philippines women's national team that will later play in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers in Bangladesh in 2013[4] after participating in a tryout held in March 2012[2] by then-national team head coach Ernest Nierras in Corona, California.[4] However she was not able to participate due to the late arrival of her proof of citizenship.[2]
She later made her debut later that year, at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games playing in both group stage match against hosts, Myanmar and defending champions, Vietnam.[2]
Diaz also took part in the Philippines' campaign in the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Jordan.[6]
Coaching
She is part of the coaching staff of the Pacific Northwest Soccer Club and is a holder of at least a USSF National E License.[3]
References
- ^ "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
- ^ a b c d Bird, Liviu (2013). "Kickin' It in Asia". SPU Response. Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Alexa Diaz". Pacific Northwest Soccer Club. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Moschetti, Mark (19 April 2013). "SPU's Diaz Hoping to Make World Cup Soccer Team". Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Alexa Diaz - 2014 Women's Soccer Roster". Seattle Pacific University. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Football: Philippines shocks host Jordan to open AFC Women's Asian Cup". ABS-CBN. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- American people of Filipino descent
- American people of Panamanian descent
- Filipino people of Panamanian descent
- Soccer players from Washington (state)
- Filipino women's footballers
- Philippines women's international footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Seattle Pacific Falcons athletes
- Southeast Asian women's football biography stubs
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