Gabriela Villagrand
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriela Elizabeth Villagrand Leonards[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 January 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Spring, Texas, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Angelo State Rams | ||
Youth career | |||
Challenge Soccer Club | |||
HCYA Hurricanes | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Angelo State Rams | 36 | (4) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019 | Houston Aces | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Panama | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:15, 29 January 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:15, 29 January 2020 (UTC) |
Gabriela Elizabeth Villagrand Leonards (born 12 January 1999), also known as Gabby Villagrand, is an American-born Panamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Angelo State Rams and the Panama women's national team.
Career
Villagrand was homeschooled, and played for Challenge Soccer Club and HCYA Hurricanes in her youth, helping the latter to win the state championship in 2015 and 2016. In college, she joined the Angelo State Rams in 2018.[2] She has also played for the Houston Aces of United Women's Soccer in 2019.[3]
In 2020, she was called up to the Panama women's national team for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[4] She made her international debut on 28 January 2020 against Costa Rica, coming on as a 55th minute substitute for Amarelis De Mera in the match, which finished as a 1–6 loss.[5]
Personal life
Villagrand is from Spring, Texas, and is of Panamanian descent.[6] She is majoring in kinesiology at Angelo State University.[2]
References
- ^ "2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying – Player National Team Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. 21 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ a b Gabby Villagrand
- ^ Gabriela Villagrand
- ^ Wilson, Isaac Castillero (18 January 2020). "Definida la selección de Panamá para el Preolímpico" [Panama's Pre-Olympic squad defined]. FEPAFUT.com (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ Costa Rica v Panama
- ^ Belles Soccer Gabby Villagrand selected to Panama's 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying team
External links
- Gabriela Villagrand at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Panamanian women's footballers
- Panama women's international footballers
- Panamanian people of American descent
- American women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Texas
- Sportspeople from Harris County, Texas
- People from Spring, Texas
- American sportspeople of Panamanian descent
- Angelo State Rams women's soccer players
- Panamanian football biography stubs