Gabriela Guillén

Gabriela Guillén Álvarez (born 1 March 1992) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a defender for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Þór/KA and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Gabriela Guillén
Personal information
Full name Gabriela Guillén Álvarez[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-01) 1 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Tibás, Costa Rica[2]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Þór/KA
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Creighton Bluejays
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013-2019 Deportivo Saprissa
2020 Þór/KA 0 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Costa Rica U17 6
2009–2011 Costa Rica U20 4 (0)
2012– Costa Rica 52 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:53, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillén and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Career

She played for Costa Rica against the United States in 2012.[3]

Guillén has participated in under-17 and under-20 World Cups with Costa Rica, playing two matches in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 against Ghana and Germany, and playing no matches in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010.

In 2014 she was part of the Costa Rican team that qualified for the first time to a senior world cup, in this case the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which then she participated in one match against Spain.

She was also part of the Costa Rica Women's National Football Team that won a silver medal in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Later that same year, she was called to play with Costa Rica in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, which Costa Rica failed to qualify.

References
  1. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. "U.S. WNT vs. Costa Rica". ussoccer.com.


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