Brenda García

Brenda García
García in 2020
Personal information
Full name Brenda Judith García Valadez
Date of birth (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996
Place of birth Aguascalientes City, Mexico
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Necaxa 35 (2)
2019–2020 Cruz Azul 39 (0)
2021–2022 Atlético San Luis 41 (0)
2022 Tijuana 2 (0)
2023 Puebla 27 (3)
2024–2025 Mazatlán 46 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 2024

Brenda Judith García Valadez (born 12 February 1996) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a defender. She most recently played for Liga MX Femenil club Mazatlán.[2]

Club career

Brenda García was born on 12 February 1996 in Aguascalientes City.[3]

She made her professional debut for Necaxa on 3 May 2017 in a game against Santos Laguna, where she scored Necaxa's first goal ever four minutes into the match.[4] García scored her second goal with Necaxa in the Apertura 2017 tournament in a 1–1 draw with Atlas.[5]

For the 2019–20 season, García was transferred to Cruz Azul, where she has become a fundamental player for the team.[6]

On 10 April 2025, the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) launched an investigation for match fixing involving Mazatlán players in which García took part.[7][8] On 30 April, she was banned by the FMF for six years for match fixing and released by Mazatlán on 9 May.[9][10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 March 2020[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Necaxa 2017 Liga MX Femenil 3131
2017–18 Liga MX Femenil 121121
2018–19 Liga MX Femenil 200200
Total 352352
Cruz Azul 2019–20 Liga MX Femenil 280280
Total 280280
Career total 632632

References

  1. 1 2 "Brenda Judith García Valadez". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Brenda García ⋆ Cruz Azul Fútbol Club". Cruz Azul. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Conoce a Brenda García, defensa de Cruz Azul Femenil". W Radio (in Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Santos Laguna 0–2 Necaxa". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Atlas 1–1 Necaxa". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Azulitas al ataque". Once Diario (in Spanish). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Revelan detalles sobre el presunto amaño de partidos en Mazatlán Femenil" (in Spanish). Infobae. 15 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "¡Destapan la cloaca! Revelan pruebas que dejan al descubierto el amaño de un partido por parte de las jugadoras de Mazatlán Femenil" (in Spanish). LatinUS. 10 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Hernandez, Cesar (30 April 2025). "Mazatlán women's player gets six-year ban for match-fixing". ESPN.
  10. ↑ Torrijos Alcántara, David (9 May 2025). "Mazatlán da de baja a jugadora implicada en caso de amaño de partidos" (in Spanish). Récord.