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Milagros Menéndez
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 UAI Urquiza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 UAI Urquiza
International career
2018– Argentina 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milagros Menéndez (born 23 March 1997 in Mar del Plata) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División A club UAI Urquiza and the Argentina women's national team.[2] A successful kart racing driver as a teenager, she played an Asociación de Futbol Femenino de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (AFFEBA) national tournament for General Urquiza FC of Mar del Plata before being transferred to UAI Urquiza in 2015.[3]

International career

Menéndez was selected by the senior team of Argentina for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] On 19 June that year, during the tournament, she scored her first international goal, in a 3–3 group stage draw against Scotland.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 19 June 2019 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Scotland
1–3
3–3
 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

References

  1. ^ "Una x una: quiénes son las 23 convocadas de la selección argentina femenina para el Mundial de Francia 2019" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Only 9 professionals in Argentina's women's World Cup squad". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  3. ^ "Milagros Menéndez, una joven que estaba destinada a trascender". Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Players - Milagros MENENDEZ - Milagros Menéndez - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  5. ^ "Scotland crash out of Women's World Cup after dramatic Argentina comeback". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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