![]() Lucero Cuevas in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Ballenas Galeana | |||
Leonas Morelos | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2020 | América | 69 | (44) |
2020 | → Tijuana (loan) | 7 | (3) |
2020–2021 | León | 28 | (6) |
2021–2022 | Pachuca | 21 | (3) |
2022–2023 | León | 29 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Mexico | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2017 |
Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores (born 22 January 1996) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker.
Prior to turning professional, Cuevas played in the amateur Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil with Ballenas Galeana and Leonas Morelos. [1] [2] [3]
On 29 July 2017, Cuevas made her debut for Club América against Club Tijuana, scoring the winning goal in the 19th minute. [4] On 4 August, Cuevas scored the first hat-trick in Liga MX Femenil history in a 5–0 win over Cruz Azul. [5] She ended the 2017 Apertura as top goalscorer, netting 15 times in 14 games. [6] She repeated the feat in the 2018 Clausura, again scoring 15 goals. [7]
In December 2019, Cuevas and her América teammate Esmeralda Verdugo were the victims of an express kidnapping. [8] The following month, she joined Club Tijuana on loan. [9]
In August 2020, Cuevas joined Club León ahead of the 2020–21 season. [10] She departed León at the end of that season. [11]
In June 2021, Cuevas signed with C.F. Pachuca. [12]
On 15 November 2017 Cuevas received her first call-up with the Mexico national team, On November 27 she made her debut with the national team coming in as a substitute for Charlyn Corral at minute 79' in a game that ended with a favorable score of 0–2 against Costa Rica in a match held in the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium.
Club | Season | League [a] | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
América | 2017–18 | Liga MX Femenil | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | — | 35 | 32 | |
Total | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | ||
Career total | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 |
Individual
![]() Lucero Cuevas in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Ballenas Galeana | |||
Leonas Morelos | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2020 | América | 69 | (44) |
2020 | → Tijuana (loan) | 7 | (3) |
2020–2021 | León | 28 | (6) |
2021–2022 | Pachuca | 21 | (3) |
2022–2023 | León | 29 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Mexico | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2017 |
Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores (born 22 January 1996) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker.
Prior to turning professional, Cuevas played in the amateur Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil with Ballenas Galeana and Leonas Morelos. [1] [2] [3]
On 29 July 2017, Cuevas made her debut for Club América against Club Tijuana, scoring the winning goal in the 19th minute. [4] On 4 August, Cuevas scored the first hat-trick in Liga MX Femenil history in a 5–0 win over Cruz Azul. [5] She ended the 2017 Apertura as top goalscorer, netting 15 times in 14 games. [6] She repeated the feat in the 2018 Clausura, again scoring 15 goals. [7]
In December 2019, Cuevas and her América teammate Esmeralda Verdugo were the victims of an express kidnapping. [8] The following month, she joined Club Tijuana on loan. [9]
In August 2020, Cuevas joined Club León ahead of the 2020–21 season. [10] She departed León at the end of that season. [11]
In June 2021, Cuevas signed with C.F. Pachuca. [12]
On 15 November 2017 Cuevas received her first call-up with the Mexico national team, On November 27 she made her debut with the national team coming in as a substitute for Charlyn Corral at minute 79' in a game that ended with a favorable score of 0–2 against Costa Rica in a match held in the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium.
Club | Season | League [a] | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
América | 2017–18 | Liga MX Femenil | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | — | 35 | 32 | |
Total | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 | ||
Career total | 32 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 32 |
Individual