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Valentina Lefort

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Valentina Lefort
Personal information
Full name Valentina Alejandra Lefort Quezada
Date of birth (1988-01-26) 26 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 UTSA Roadrunners
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Universidad de Chile
2015 Colo-Colo
2015–2016 ŽNK Pomurje
2016 RBB Féminas
2016–2017 CD TACON 3 (0)
2017–2020 CD Samper 31 (10)
2020–2021 Leganés 2 (0)
2021–2022 CD Móstoles URJC 10 (0)
International career
2008 Chile U20
2011 Chile 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valentina Alejandra Lefort Quezada (born 26 January 1988) is a Chilean football player who plays as a defender or midfielder. She last played for Spanish side CD Móstoles URJC.

Club career

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Lefort began her career with Universidad de Chile.[1]

In 2010, she emigrated to the United States to study at the University of Texas at San Antonio and played for UTSA Roadrunners.[2] Back in Chile, she joined Colo-Colo in February 2015.[3] In the second half of the same year, she moved to Europe and signed with Slovenian club ŽNK Pomurje,[4][5] making three appearances in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[6]

In 2016, she moved to Spain and joined RBB Féminas.[6] She made her home in that country, playing after for CD TACON,[7] coinciding with her compatriot Camila Sáez,[8] CD Samper,[9][10] CD Leganés[11] and CD Móstoles URJC.[12]

International career

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In 2008, Lefort represented Chile U20 in both the South American Championship[13][14] and the World Cup.[15][16]

In 2011, she represented the senior team in the Algarve Cup alongside her teammate María José Rojas.[2]

Personal life

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At the same time she was a player of Universidad de Chile, she attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso to study mechanical engineering.[1]

Lefort got an economics degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and has mainly developed her profession in Spain.[17]

Honours

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UTSA Roadrunners

References

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  1. ^ a b "Valentina Lefort". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c McCarney, Dan (25 February 2011). "UTSA's Chileans off to Portugal". MySA. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ (Colo-Colo Femenino) ¡REFUERZOS DE RENOMBRE! – VALENTINA LEFORT Y LA EX CAMPEONA DE AMÉRICA, CHRISTIANE ENDLER SE INTEGRAN AL PLANTEL 2015. on Facebook (in Spanish). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Po Čilenki še najboljša vratarka Srbije". snportal.si (in Slovenian). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Han militado en... ŽNK Pomurje". aupaAthletic.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "El RBB Féminas incorpora a 'Yiyi' y a Valentina". www.realbetisbalompie.es (in Spanish). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. ^ "El C.D. Tacón aspira a convertirse en el Real Madrid". Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). 5 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Camila Sáez es el nuevo refuerzo del Club Deportivo Tacón de la segunda división española". eldeportero.cl (in Spanish). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ^ "E.F. Arganda - Tabla Goleadores". www.efarganda.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ^ "PREFERENTE FUTBOL FEMENINO, Grupo 1 Temporada 2018-2019". FPA LAS ROZAS (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Acta de partido C.D.E. MAGERIT VS C.D. LEGANES S.A.D." www.rffm.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Lefort, nueva incorporación para el Femenino Senior". C.D. Móstoles (in Spanish). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Sub 20 femenina: Chile buscará "desquitarse" ante las argentinas en sudamericano". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  15. ^ (Damone, Giorgio) Entrevista a Valentina Lefort on YouTube (in Spanish). 28 October 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Femeninas Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  17. ^ Valentina Lefort on LinkedIn
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