Natalia Gaitán
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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 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Valencia | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
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– | Valencia | 76 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
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 11 April 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 23 June 2015 (UTC) |
Template:Spanish name 2 Natalia Gaitán Laguado (born 3 April 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Valencia Féminas of Spain's Primera División. She is captain of the Colombia national team. With her country Gaitán played at the 2012 Olympics and also made a powerful appearance at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.[1]
Club career
Gaitán signed for Valencia CF in September 2015. She had previously played in Spain for CD Transportes Alcaine in the 2013–14 season.[3] She played the 2014 WPSL season with Houston Aces and spent the first half of 2015 in a national team training camp.[4]
Studies
Gaitán studied Bachelor of Business Administration in University of Toledo and studied in Spain a MBA in International Sports Management of Valencia CF
Personal life
Gaitán was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia aged four and underwent chemotherapy treatment from 1994 to 1998.[5]
References
- ^ a b "16 Natalia Gaitán". University of Toledo. Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "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
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Women's association football midfielders
- Colombian women's footballers
- Colombia women's international footballers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Colombia
- Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
- Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Toledo Rockets women's soccer players
- Primera División (women) players
- Zaragoza CFF players
- Valencia CF Femenino players
- Colombian expatriate women's footballers
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Sportspeople from Bogotá
- Colombian women's football biography stubs