Esmeralda Verdugo
Personal information
Full name Esmeralda Verdugo Romo
Date of birth (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994
Place of birth Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tijuana
Number 6
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Cerritos Falcons 22 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Tijuana 3 (0)
2018–2020 América 51 (5)
2020Tijuana (loan) 8 (1)
2020–2021 León 28 (1)
2021– Tijuana 27 (1)
International career
2011–2012 Mexico U-17
2013–2014 Mexico U-20
2015 Mexico 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2021

Esmeralda Verdugo Romo[1] (born 19 January 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Club Tijuana.

Career

College

From 2014 to 2015, Verdugo played college soccer for Cerritos College, scoring 14 goals in 22 games.[2]

Liga MX Femenil

Verdugo joined Club América from Club Tijuana in 2018.[3] She made her debut in a 2–1 defeat to Toluca.[4] In December 2019, Verdugo and her teammate Lucero Cuevas were victims of an express kidnapping.[5] She subsequently rejoined Club Tijuana on loan.[6]

Verdugo signed with Club León in June 2020.[7] In June 2021, she rejoined Club Tijuana for a third time.[8]

International career

Verdugo was capped for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal.[9]

References

  1. "Esmeralda Verdugo Romo". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. "Esmeralda Verdugo". cerritosfalcons.com. Cerritos College Athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. "Esmeralda Verdugo, refuerzo del América de Leo Cuéllar – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. "Ensenadense Esmeralda Verdugo debutó como titular en derrota de América – AGP Deportes". agpnoticias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. Cwik, Chris (8 January 2020). "Lucero Cuevas and Esmeralda Verdugo transferred to Club Tijuana after being involved in kidnapping". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  6. Chávez Flores, Priscila (26 May 2020). "Narra Esmeralda Verdugo secuestro con Lucero Cuevas". El Sol de Tijuana (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. Murillo, Guadalupe (11 June 2020). "Esmeralda Verdugo y Lucero Cuevas, par de ases en León para el Apertura 2020". espartanasmx.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. "Esmeralda Verdugo regresa de nuevo a Xolos de Tijuana". AGP Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. "Arriba, Brasil! Marta chega ao 100º gol, e Seleção passeia contra o México" (in Portuguese).


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