Alexia Delgado

Alexia Fernanda Delgado Alvarado (born 9 December 1999) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national team.

Early life
Born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, Delgado is one of three children to her parents, Sonia Alvarado and Francisco Delgado Mejia. Her mother was a gymnast and her father and an uncle played football, the uncle professionally. At the age of six, Delgado began doing gymnastics alongside her sister, Goretti, and also tried ballet before realizing the sports weren't for her. A few years later, her brother Francisco began playing football at school, and after convincing her parents to let her try the sport, Delgado began playing on Francisco's team. As there were no girls' football teams in Tepic, Delgado played with the boys until she was 13 years old.

Delgado was scouted in Tepic by Leonardo Cuéllar, at the time the head coach of the Mexico women's national team, and was offered a spot at the Centro de Formación de Guadalajara. For two days every two weeks, Delgado and her father took a three-hour bus trip from Tepic to Guadalajara for her training sessions. After a year, she moved in with the family of another player at the training center to be able to practice daily. Delgado attended the Colegio SuBiré in Zapopan, where she was the captain of the school team and won the Copa Coca Cola, which earned the team a trip to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

While playing for América, Delgado attended the University of Guadalajara, studying virtually towards a degree in interdisciplinary areas. She graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in sports business and a master's degree in organizational leadership.

Club career
Delgado debuted for América in 2017–18, the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil. She played 21 matches in all competitions, with 18 of those coming in the league.

In 2018, Delgado moved to the United States to play college soccer for the Arizona State Sun Devils.

International career
Delgado was selected to the Mexico national teams for the first time in 2014, called up to the Mexico women's under-15 national team for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She played all four games at the tournament, helping Mexico earn a bronze medal. Delgado then stepped to the under-17 team, appearing at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. With the under-20 national team, Delgado won the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Mexico's first-ever championship in the age-group tournament. She appeared at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as Mexico were eliminated in the group stage.

Delgado made her senior debut on 1 March 2019 in a friendly match against Thailand. She was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history, defeating Chile 1–0 in the gold medal match.

Honors
Mexico
 * Central American and Caribbean Games: 2023
 * Pan American Games: 2023

Mexico under-20
 * CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2018

Tigres UANL
 * Liga MX Femenil: Apertura 2023
 * Campeón de Campeones: 2023

Individual
 * All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team: 2021, 2022
 * United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team: 2021
 * United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region Second Team: 2022