Ana Mendoza (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Mendoza González | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UNAM | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2021–2022 | UNAM | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | UNAM | 63 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Mexico U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Mexico U-20 | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2024 | |||
Ana Mendoza González (born 7 August 2005) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX Femenil side UNAM.[1]
Club career
[edit]UNAM (2021–present)
[edit]Mendoza is a product of Club Universidad Nacional (also known as Pumas or UNAM) youth academy, having being part of Pumas's U-17 and U-18 teams from 2021 to 2022, and winning the Liga MX Femenil U-18 Apertura 2022 championship with the U-18 side.[2]
Mendoza professional debut with Pumas came at the age of 17 and while she was still part of the U-18 side, when she called for a 15 August 2022 league match against Santos Laguna as part of the Apertura 2022 tournament, in which she was part of the starting line-up. Mendoza played a total of 3 games with Pumas' first-team during the Apertura 2022 before being promoted full-time to the first-team ahead of the Clausura 2023 tournament.[3][4]
International career
[edit]Mendoza was part of the Mexico U-17 side that participated at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, being part of the starting lineup in all three group-stage games that Mexico played.[5][3] She was also part of the Mexico U-20 team that won 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and that participated at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[6][7]
On 18 October 2024, Mendoza was named for the first time to the senior Mexico women's national football team by manager Pedro López for friendly matches against Venezuela and Thailand.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 21 October 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| UNAM | 2022–23 | Liga MX Femenil | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 1 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 63 | 1 | 63 | 1 | ||
Honours
[edit]Mexico U-20
References
[edit]- ^ "Plantel del Club Universidad Nacional". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ OnceDiario. "Campeón con garra". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ a b c García, Alejandra (2023-01-19). "Tres sueños cumplidos". Gaceta UNAM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "Acerca de Ana Mendoza". pumas.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Selección Mexicana Sub 20 Femenil da conocer convocatoria para Mundial | TUDN Selección MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
- ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Uzeta, Karla (2024-10-19). "Pedro López tiene a sus convocadas para los juegos amistosos de la selección mexicana femenil". ESTO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
External links
[edit]- Ana Mendoza at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)