Karina Rodríguez (footballer)
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| Full name | Karina Anaís Rodríguez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1999[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Torrance, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | América | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Torrance Tartars | |||||||||||||||||
| So Cal Blues | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | UCLA Bruins | 73 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Washington Spirit | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | América | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | United States U15 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | United States U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Mexico | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2021. | |||||||||||||||||
Karina Anaís Rodríguez (born 2 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil side Club América. Born in the United States, she represents the Mexico women's national team.
Early life[edit]
Rodríguez was born and raised in Torrance, California.[3] She attended Torrance High School and the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
International career[edit]
Rodríguez represented the United States at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[2] She later switched allegiance to Mexico and made her senior debut on 24 February 2021 in a 0–0 friendly home draw against Costa Rica.[4]
Rodríguez was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.[5][6]
Honors[edit]
Mexico
- Pan American Games: 2023, gold medal
United States U17
Club América
Personal life[edit]
Rodríguez's older sister Anika Rodríguez has also played for the Mexico women's national football team.
References[edit]
- ^ "National team roster – 2022 Concacaf W Championship: Mexico" (PDF). CONCACAF. 8 June 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ a b Karina Rodríguez at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Karina Rodriguez - Women's Soccer". UCLA. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Sainz, Rubén (24 February 2021). "Debuta Silvana Flores en empate sin goles entre México y Costa Rica". TUDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links[edit]
- Karina Rodríguez at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Mexican women's footballers
- Women's association football defenders
- Mexico women's international footballers
- Soccer players from Torrance, California
- American women's soccer players
- UCLA Bruins women's soccer players
- Washington Spirit players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- American sportspeople of Mexican descent
- Liga MX Femenil players
- Club América (women) footballers
- Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Mexican women's football biography stubs
- Mexican football defender stubs
- American women's soccer biography stubs
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