Alexia Villanueva

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
Alexia Villanueva
Personal information
Full name Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores
Date of birth (2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 León
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 América 14 (3)
2020–2023 Santos Laguna 91 (69)
2023 UANL 5 (0)
2024 Santos Laguna 18 (1)
2025– León 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Mexico U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023

Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores (born 22 February 2003) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil side Santos Laguna.[2]

Career

Villanueva started her career in 2018 with América.[3] In 2020, she joined Santos Laguna.[4] In 2023, she was transferred to UANL.[5] In 2024, she returned to Santos Laguna.[6]

International career

Villanueva was also part of the team that participated in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ ""Me siento muy feliz de regresar a Santos": Alexia Villanueva" (in Spanish). Santos Laguna. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "América Femenil confirma la salida de Alexia Villanueva para el Torneo de Apertura 2020" (in Spanish). Águilas Monumental. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Alexia Villanueva, jugadora de Santos, es llamada heroína para México en Mundial Sub 20" (in Spanish). Telediario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ "De guerrera a felina" (in Spanish). Once Diario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "ALEXIA VILLANUEVA INICIA UNA NUEVA ETAPA COMO GUERRERA" (in Spanish). Santos. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Selección Mexicana Femenil Sub-20 lanza convocatoria de cara a la Copa Mundial de 2022". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, Costa Rica 2022" [Call for the U-20 Women's National Team of Mexico for the FIFA World Cup, Costa Rica 2022]. miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.


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