Bianca Sierra
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bianca Elissa Sierra Garcia[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | June 25, 1992||
Place of birth | Mountain View, California, United States[2] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arna-Bjørnar | ||
Number | 23 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Auburn Tigers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Washington Spirit | 8 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Boston Breakers | 11 | (0) |
2016– | Arna-Bjørnar | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2012 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (0) |
2013– | Mexico | 31[3] | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 22, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 18, 2015 |
Bianca Sierra (born June 25, 1992) is a professional soccer player with the Mexico women's national football team and Arna-Bjørnar in the Norwegian first division, Toppserien. She formerly played for Auburn University.
Early life
Bianca Sierra is the daughter of Alberto and Rosa Sierra. She played forward, midfield, and centerback in high school from her freshman through junior years and with the Mustang Spirit, a girl's club team, in 2009.[4]
Auburn University
Sierra played with the Auburn Tigers from 2010 to 2013 and was a starting center back for the last three of her four years on the Auburn Tigers women's soccer team. She played in a total of 85 matches and scored five goals and seven assists.[4]
Mexico women's national soccer team
Sierra was a member of the Under-20 Mexico women's national football team from 2009 to 2012. She played in all eight matches for Mexico in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan. Her teams advanced to the quarterfinals in both events.[5]
In 2013 Sierra was selected to be a member of the Mexico women's national football team and played in friendly matches against Canada and the United States. In 2014, she was on the roster of the Mexico team at the Four Nations Tournament in China.[6]
National Women's Soccer League
Sierra was not among the 36 college soccer players drafted by the NWSL in January 2014. She showed up at tryouts for the Washington Spirit, played in several pre-season games, and was signed to a contract for the 2014 season on April 4, 2014.[7] On June 18, 2014, the Washington Spirit traded Sierra to the Boston Breakers in exchange for forward and Australian international Lisa De Vanna and an international roster spot until the end of the 2014 NWSL season.[8]
Toppserien
Sierra joined the first division Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar in March 2016. [9]
References
- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "Las Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Bianca Sierra" Auburn Soccer http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/sierra_bianca00.html, accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ FIFA Player Statistics: Bianca SIERRA – FIFA.com http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=321003/index.html, accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ "Mexico WNT Names Roster for Yongchuan Cup" http://www.nwslsoccer.com/home/783261.html, accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ "Washington Spirit sign Midfielder Jordan Angeli and Mexico Women's National Team Defender Bianca Sierra" http://washingtonspirit.com/pro/washington-spirit-sign-midfielder-jordan-angeli-and-mexican-womens-national-team-defender-bianca-sierra/, accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ "Boston Breakers Acquire Bianca Sierra From Washington Spirit" http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/home/818252.html, accessed June 21, 2014
- ^ http://talacheros.mx/otra-futbolista-mexicana-a-europa
External links
- Bianca Sierra – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile Template:Es icon at Mexican Football Federation
- Bianca Sierra at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Mexican women's footballers
- Mexico women's international footballers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Women's Professional Soccer players
- Washington Spirit players
- Auburn Tigers women's soccer players
- American women's soccer players
- American people of Mexican descent
- Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople
- People from Livermore, California
- Soccer players from California
- Association football defenders
- Women's association football defenders
- Boston Breakers (NWSL) players
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent