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Sofía García
Sofía García Gaviria (born 18 October 2000) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club Sporting de Huelva and the Colombia women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sofía García Gaviria[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 October 2000[1][2] | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza Lima | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 201?–201? | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 201?–201? | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 201?–2020 | Formas Íntimas | ||
| 2021 | Sporting Huelva | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 2023– | Santa Fe | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Colombia U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Colombia | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 March 2020 | |||
Early life Edit
García was born in Medellín.[3] She started playing football at 7 and in a women's club at 10 in Independiente Medellín.[4]
Club career Edit
García played for Formas Íntimas in Colombia. On 14 January 2021, she signed for Spanish club Sporting de Huelva to compete in Primera División.[5]
International career Edit
García represented Colombia at the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship.[1] She made her senior debut for Colombia on 9 November 2019.[6]
References Edit
- ^ a b c d e f Sofía García at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Sofia Garcia Gaviria". XXI Juegos Deportivos Nacionales 2019 (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sofía García refuerza la línea defensiva del Sporting Huelva, Ciudad que Marca". Sporting Huelva (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (26 March 2020). "Sofía García: "Siempre estuvo el amor por el fútbol"". Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "El Sporting Huelva se refuerza con la internacional colombiana Sofía García". Huelva24 (in Spanish). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sofía García". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.