Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 November 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | River Plate | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
River Plate | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020– | River Plate | ||
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023 |
Lara Esponda (born 5 November 2005) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for River Plate in Argentina's Women's Primera A. [1] [2]
Esponda began playing football with a youth team in Ituzaingó, Argentina. She started as a forward, but was asked to fill in for an absent goalkeeper, and has played that position since. [3]
She started advanced training at the age of 9, and at 11 began training with the first team, joining River Plate's first team in the 2019–20 season. On 9 March 2020, at the age of 14, she made her debut, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play in Women's Primera A, the top women's football league in Argentina. [4] In 2018 she was champion of the Under-14 Development League with River Plate as the starting goalkeeper, beating the women's team of the Chubut Valley League 1–0. [5] In January 2023 she signed her first professional contract. [6]
After playing on the national under-15 team, [7] on 13 October 2020, she was called up to the Argentina national under-17 team. [8]
Esponda was called up to the Argentina national U-20 team in February 2022 to play in the 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in Chile. [9] She conceded two goals, both in the loss to Venezuela. La albiceleste finished third and did not advance to the next round. [10] It was part of a mixed call between sub-18 and sub-20 for the COTIF La Alcudia 2022 tournament, [11] [12] where her team finished runner-up. [13]
Esponda earned a call-up to the Argentina women's national team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [14]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 5 November 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | River Plate | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
River Plate | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020– | River Plate | ||
International career‡ | |||
2022 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023 |
Lara Esponda (born 5 November 2005) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for River Plate in Argentina's Women's Primera A. [1] [2]
Esponda began playing football with a youth team in Ituzaingó, Argentina. She started as a forward, but was asked to fill in for an absent goalkeeper, and has played that position since. [3]
She started advanced training at the age of 9, and at 11 began training with the first team, joining River Plate's first team in the 2019–20 season. On 9 March 2020, at the age of 14, she made her debut, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play in Women's Primera A, the top women's football league in Argentina. [4] In 2018 she was champion of the Under-14 Development League with River Plate as the starting goalkeeper, beating the women's team of the Chubut Valley League 1–0. [5] In January 2023 she signed her first professional contract. [6]
After playing on the national under-15 team, [7] on 13 October 2020, she was called up to the Argentina national under-17 team. [8]
Esponda was called up to the Argentina national U-20 team in February 2022 to play in the 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in Chile. [9] She conceded two goals, both in the loss to Venezuela. La albiceleste finished third and did not advance to the next round. [10] It was part of a mixed call between sub-18 and sub-20 for the COTIF La Alcudia 2022 tournament, [11] [12] where her team finished runner-up. [13]
Esponda earned a call-up to the Argentina women's national team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [14]