Mariela Campos (footballer, born 1998)

Mariela Campos
Personal information
Full name Mariela Campos Alvarado
Date of birth (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Grecia, Costa Rica
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Saprissa
Number 7
Youth career
20??–201? CCDR Liberia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20??–201? CCDR Liberia
201?–20?? Moravia
2020–2023 Herediano 55 (12)
2023– Saprissa 13 (7)
International career
2014 Costa Rica U17 2 (0)
2018 Costa Rica U20 3 (0)
2018– Costa Rica 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2023

Mariela Campos Alvarado (born 7 October 1998) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Costa Rican Women's Premier Division club Saprissa FF and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Club career

Campos was active at Herediano until the end of January 2023. Since then, she has been under contract with Saprissa.

International career

Campos took part in the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with the Costa Rican U-17 team and made two appearances there. She also appeared in 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she again received playing time in three games.[1]

Campos made her senior debut for the Costa Rican national team was on June 10, 2018, in a 4–0 friendly loss to Chile.[2] A month later, she and her team took part in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament, where she and her team took second place. After that, she was also active in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification.

On 6 July 2023, Campos was called up to the 23-player squad to play the 2023 World Cup.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Newsday (19 January 2018). "Huitema doubles up as Canada trounce Costa Rica 3–1 – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". newsday.co.tt. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Chile vs. Costa Rica – 10 Juni 2018 – Women Soccerway". Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Julián Malek (6 June 2023). "Costa Rica anuncia la convocatoria oficial para el Mundial Femenino 2023". Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ Fonseca, Graciela (6 July 2023). "Amelia Valverde: "Estas 23 tienen una responsabilidad grandísima a partir de hoy"" [Amelia Valverde: "These 23 have a huge responsibility as of today"] (in Spanish). Costa Rican Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.