María Paula Salas
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Full name | María Paula Salas Zúñiga | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 July 2002||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San José, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlas | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Saprissa FF | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Alajuelense FF | (28) | |||||||||||||||
2022 | ChievoVerona Women FM | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Monterrey | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Atlas | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
Costa Rica U20 | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Costa Rica | 9[2] | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2019 |
María Paula Salas Zúñiga (born 12 July 2002) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Costa Rica women's national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in San Ramón, Salas began playing club football with Saprissa FF before transferring to Alajuelense FF in 2019.[3][4] She led Alajuelense FF to the 2021 Clausura Costa Rican Women's Premier Division title by scoring a hat-trick in the club's 3–1 second leg victory (5–2 on aggregate) over Saprissa FF, capping the club's first ever undefeated championship.[5] Salas was Alajuelense FF's all-time leading scorer with 28 goals,[6] and had scored 70 league goals by age 19.[7]
Salas joined ChievoVerona Women FM in January 2022, and made her Serie B Femminile debut as a second half substitute against Palermo Women on 28 February 2022.[8]
International career
[edit]Salas appeared in two matches for Costa Rica at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[1][2]
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 21 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Jamaica | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
2. | 27 August 2018 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States | El Salvador | 11–0 | 11–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
3. | 6 August 2019 | Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru | Colombia | 3–3 | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | 2019 Pan American Games |
4. | 25 June 2022 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Haiti | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
5. | 5 July 2022 | Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico | Panama | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship |
6. | 4 December 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1–0 | 19–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
7. | 3–0 | |||||
8. | 4–0 | |||||
9. | 5–0 | |||||
10. | 7–0 | |||||
11. | 12–0 | |||||
12. | 13–0 | |||||
13. | 6 April 2024 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Peru | 2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
14. | 3–0 | |||||
15. | 27 November 2024 | Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún, Mexico | Panama | 1–2 | 1–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Costa Rica". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ a b María Paula Salas at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Alajuelense Codea ficha a la goleadora de Saprissa" (in Spanish). La Nación. 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Salas: I think about the World Cup every day". FIFA. 12 September 2021.
- ^ "María Paula Salas vivió la final que siempre soñó con Alajuelense" (in Spanish). La Nación. 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Alajuelense tiene nueva goleadora histórica" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Jugadora de Alajuelense tiene 70 goles en Primera División con 19 años" (in Spanish). La Nación. 16 October 2021.
- ^ "TRE GOL E TERZO POSTO: IL CHIEVO SI IMPONE SUL PALERMO". calciofemminileitaliano.it (in Italian). 28 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- María Paula Salas at Soccerway.com
- María Paula Salas at FBref.com
- María Paula Salas at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Costa Rican women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- C.F. Monterrey (women) players
- Costa Rica women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Costa Rica
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Costa Rican expatriate women's footballers
- Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico
- Alajuelense Fútbol Femenino footballers
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- Costa Rican women's football biography stubs