Gaby Malave

Gabriela Monserrath Malave Vaca (born 8 March 2001) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays the position of a goalkeeper USFQ Dragonas Fútbol Club of the San Francisco of Quito University and the Ecuador national team.

Club career
As a young athlete, Malave performed as a goalkeeper in futsal teams in her home Salcedo Canton, eventually she transitioned to the game of soccer.

She started playing at the ESPE soccer school in the U-8 category which she played there four years with her parish's junior club. She also played in various community clubs in Salcedo.

Higher level play
Malave became the national runner-up in the community sports games in Sucumbíos Province with the champion team of Salcedo Canton and Cotopaxi Province. While on vacation in the United States, she played in a tournament sponsored by Univision.

Later, she attended the "El Nacional" school, playing for the Leo José club and moving on to the Salcedo Cantonal League and Club Huracán. Her talent developed and she was called to Pujilí, where she received the necessary support and skills training to join the Universidad San Francisco de Quito team.

She was called up to the Pujilí Canton municipal GAD team to play in a championship organized by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where coaches Ernesto Wladimir López Paredes and Ana Carolina Lara invited her to be part of the university team.

Her desire led her to participate in the Under-20 national pre-selection process, and play in the Pan American Games in São Paulo for the Ecuadorian women's national soccer team. At 14 years old, she was called up for the South American Women's Soccer Championship by Under-17 by coach Vanessa Arauz to the Ecuadorian national team in the goalkeeper position.