Yamila Badell

Yamila Badell Graña (born 1 March 1996) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Racing de Santander. She was a member of the Uruguay women's national team. She is the first player in her country to score in a FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Badell and the second or maternal family name is Graña.
Yamila Badell
Personal information
Birth name Yamila Badell Graña
Date of birth (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Racing Santander
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Colón
2015–2016 Málaga
2016–2017 Colón
2017–2019 Tacón
2019– Racing Santander 1 (0)
National team‡
2012 Uruguay U17 10 (11)
2014–2018 Uruguay 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2018

Club career

Yamila Badell is the daughter of former footballer Gustavo Badell. She started playing baby football at the club Playa Honda, facing boys.[3] She later joined Colón Football Club of the AUF. In 2015 she emigrated to Spain to play for Málaga for half a season.[4][5] She returned to Colón in 2016 and the club won its fourth consecutive Uruguayan Championship.

In December 2017, Badell joined Spanish club CD Tacón.[6][7]

In June 2019, Badell left Tacón after the team promoted to the Primera División and then its place was purchased by Real Madrid CF.[8][9]

International career

Badell participated in the 2012 South American Under-17 Women's Championship in Bolivia, where she was crowned the tournament's top scorer with 9 goals,[10] and together with her teammates achieved the historical first qualification of a Uruguayan women's team to a FIFA World Cup.[3][11]

In the U-17 World Cup, played in Azerbaijan, Uruguay lost its three matches, but Badell managed to score twice in the last match against Germany (a 2–5 defeat), thus marking the first goal by a Uruguayan in a FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
19 September 2014Estadio La Cocha, Latacunga, Ecuador Ecuador
2–0
2–1
2014 Copa América Femenina
2
8 April 2018Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Peru
1–1
1–1
2018 Copa América Femenina

World Cup record
Tournament Country Result Matches Goals
2012 U-17 Women's World Cup  Azerbaijan First round 3[1] 2[1]

Individual awards

References
  1. Yamila Badell – FIFA competition record
  2. "Team". Solo Cracks (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. "Fútbol femenino 'cambia de a poco la realidad sexista'" [Women's Football 'Changes the Sexist Reality a Little'] (in Spanish). Radio Espectador. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. Costas, Danilo (13 July 2017). "La selección femenina volvió a las canchas después de cuatro años sin jugar ni un amistoso" [The Women's Team Returned to the Pitch After Four Years Without Playing a Friendly Match]. El Observador Referi (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. "Yamila Badell y Pamela González emigran al Málaga de España" [Yamila Badell and Pamela González Emigrate to Málaga of Spain] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. "Seleccionada chilena deja Colo Colo y parte al fútbol español" [Chilean International Leaves Colo-Colo for Spanish Football]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 30 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. "Fútbol Femenino de exportación: Camila Sáez deja Colo Colo para sumarse a equipo español" [Women's Football Export: Camila Sáez Leaves Colo-Colo to Join Spanish Team]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 30 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  8. @nachoa3012 (22 June 2019). "Tenemos representante en Real Madrid femenino la próxima temporada @yamilabadell11 ?" [Will we have a representative at Real Madrid Women next season, @yamilabadell11 ?] (Tweet). Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. @yamilabadell11 (22 June 2019). "Negativo" [Negative] (Tweet). Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. "Yamila Badell: la goleadora del campeonato" [Yamila Badell: The Top Goal Scorer of the Tournament] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  11. Nogueira, Pablo (26 March 2012). "¡A Bakú!" [To Baku!]. La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. Sobrero, Alberto (30 September 2012). "Hicieron historia" [Making History] (in Spanish). Quenonino.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.


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