Valeria Meza

Valeria Alejandra Meza Cárdenas[lower-alpha 1][1] (born 8 November 1999), known as Valeria Meza, is a Mexican professional football defender who currently plays for Guadalajara (commonly known as Chivas)[2] of the Liga MX Femenil, the first professional women's soccer league in Mexico.[3] She also plays for the Mexico women's national under-20 football team.[4] In 2017, she helped elevate Chivas to the first professional women's soccer championship in the country.[2][5] Chivas won the final in front of a record-breaking 32,466 spectators.[6]

Valeria Meza
Personal information
Full name Valeria Alejandra Meza Cárdenas
Date of birth (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999
Place of birth Zapopan, Jalisco Mexico
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Necaxa
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Guadalajara 16 (0)
2018– Necaxa 41 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Guadalajara, 2017–

Meza began playing for Guadalajara during the inaugural season of Liga MX Femenil.[2] In July 2017, she helped the team win the inaugural Tapatío Women's Classic.[7]

Honours

Club
Guadalajara

Notes
  1. This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Meza and the second or maternal family name is Cárdenas.

References
  1. "Valeria Meza". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. "'Prohibido agrandarse' | NTR Guadalajara". www.ntrguadalajara.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  3. "Femenil final shows women's football is thriving in Mexico". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  4. "Fútbol Femenil: Con jugadoras de la Liga MX Femenil, la selección Sub-20 iniciará concentración - MARCA Claro México". MARCA Claro México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  5. "Chivas femenil apunta a una nueva final en el Clausura 2018". Publimetro México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  6. Redacción (2017-11-24). "Crónica Chivas vs Pachuca, Final Liga MX Femenil". Deportes Production (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  7. "Chivas se impone a Atlas en Clásico Tapatío femenil". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-11.


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