Fátima Leyva

Fátima Leyva
Personal information
Full name	Fátima Leyva Morán
Date of birth	14 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Mexico U-13 (women) (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999-2005	Laguna de Iztacalco
2005–2009	FC Indiana
2010	Zvezda Perm
2011–2015	Zorkiy Krasnogorsk
2016	Michigan Chill SC
International career
2000-2011	Mexico
Managerial career
2021–2022	Mexico U–17 (women) (assistant)
2023	Mexico U–20 (women) (assistant)
2023	Mexico (beach) (women)
2024–	Mexico U-13 (women)
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Women's Football
Pan American Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fátima Leyva Morán (born 14 February 1980) is a Mexican retired^[1] footballer who played for the Mexico women's national football team. She played as a midfielder for the Michigan Chill SC of the WPSL .

Playing career

During her international career, Leyva participated at numerous tournaments, namely the CONCACAF (1998), Nike Cup (1998, 2000), World Cup (1999), Pan American Games (1999, 2003) and Copa de Oro (2000) tournaments.

Leyva was the captain of FC Indiana in the W-League. In 2010, she signed for Russian champion Zvezda Perm, where she reunited her former coach Shek Borkowski. During her career with Zvezda Perm, Leyva and her team became runners-up in Russia's professional league. That same season, Zvezda Perm became quarter finalist in the UEFA Champions League.

Leyva's extraordinary season with Zvezda Perm, drove Russian team FC Zorky Krasnogorsk to sign Leyva for their 2012–2013 season. During that season, FC Zorky becomes Russian League Champions and UEFA Champions League finalist.

In May 2016, Leyva signed with Michigan Chill SC and was named the team captain.^[2]

Broadcasting career

After the Mexico national team failed to qualify for the 2003 women's World Cup, she was hired by Univision as a color commentator for its Cup transmissions.

References

^ Schwarze, Dennis (July 17, 2016). "Michigan Chill SC rallies in home finale, earns WPSL playoff berth". Retrieved January 8, 2017. The game was the farewell contest for 36-year-old Fatima Leyva, a former captain of the Mexican women's national soccer team who is retiring as a player.
^ "Women's Premier Team Welcomes First Signing Fatima Leyva". Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

External links

Fátima Leyva – FIFA competition record (archived)
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fátima Leyva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20.