Vicky Losada

Vicky Losada
Personal information
Full name María Victoria Losada Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-05) March 5, 1991[1]
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal Ladies
Number 6
Youth career
CD Can Parellada
CE Sabadell
2004–2006 FC Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2007 FC Barcelona
2007–2008 RCD Espanyol
2008–2014 FC Barcelona
2014 Western New York Flash 23 (3)
2014–2015 FC Barcelona 19 (7)
2015– Arsenal Ladies 11 (1)
National team
2008–2010 Spain U-19 (10)
2010– Spain 34 (8)
2014– Catalonia 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Losada and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

María Victoria Losada Gómez (born 5 March 1991), commonly known as Vicky Losada, is a Spanish football midfielder currently playing for the English FA WSL side Arsenal Ladies and Spain women's national football team.

Club career

Losada's career in the Primera División (Spanish League) with exception one season (the 2007–08 season which she played for RCD Espanyol), were played for FC Barcelona where she won four Leagues and three Spanish Cups.

In 2014 she played in the American NWSL for Western New York Flash,[3] before returning to Barcelona for the 2014–15 season.[4]

Arsenal announced the signing of Losada on January 22nd, 2015 having previously worked with manager Pedro Martínez Losa in the United States.[5]

International career

She is a member of the Spanish national team.[6][7] In June 2013 national team coach Ignacio Quereda selected Losada in the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[8]

Losada was also part of the squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada and at their opening match on 9 June, she scored Spain's first ever World Cup goal against Costa Rica, opening the match score, which would eventually finish 1–1.[9]

Honours

Club

FC Barcelona

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vicky Losada profile". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Flash sign Vicky Losada". Western New York Flash. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Así es Vicky Losada, la primera goleadora de España en una Copa del Mundo de fútbol" (in Spanish). Cuatro. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Marca
  6. ↑ RFEF
  7. ↑ UEFA
  8. ↑ "Spain stick with tried and trusted". Uefa.com. UEFA. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Entertaining battle sees debutants draw". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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