Florencia Saavedra

Florencia Saavedra
فلورنسيا صابات
Personal information
Full name Florencia Victoria Saavedra Sabat
Date of birth (2005-04-04) 4 April 2005
Place of birth Santiago, Chile[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Positions
Team information
Current team
 McNeese Cowgirls
Number 10
Youth career
2017–2023 Universidad Católica
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023- McNeese Cowgirls 3 (2)
International career‡
2023 Chile U20 0 (0)
2024– Palestine 2 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 December 2024

Florencia Victoria Saavedra Sabat (Arabic: فلورنسيا صابات; born 4 April 2005) is a Chilean-Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for McNeese Cowgirls and the Palestine national team.

Youth career

On 4 December 2023, Saavedra helped the Cruzados reach the final of the Femenino Gatorade, opening the score in the 12th minute.[2]

In December 2023, Saavedra won the best player award of the under-19 category of Cruzados youth teams.[3]

On 2023, Saavedra won 2 times the national Chilean championship, being in the starting eleven both times.

On 2024, Saavedra won the Chilean championship for the third time, with Universidad Católica.

College career

On 9 November 2023, McNeese Cowgirls announced the signing of Saavedra for the 2024–25 academic year.[4]

International career

Born in Chile, Saavedra holds dual Chilean and Palestinian nationality and was eligible to represent either country.

In January 2023, She was called for La Roja under-20 team for a training camp in Quilín.[5]

In November 2024, She got her first call-up to the Palestinian senior team for the two friendlies against Saudi Arabia.[6][7] On 29 November 2024, she made her debut for the team in a 1–0 victory over Saudi Arabia, coming on as a substitute for Dima Al Ramhe in the 78th minute.[8]

Career statistics

Caps

List of international caps for Palestine Palestine / Florencia Saavedra
# Date Venue Opponent Result Minutes Competition
1
 29 November 2024 Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha  Saudi Arabia
1–0
13'
 International Friendly
2
 3 December 2024
0–2
29'
3
 29 May 2025 Champville Stadium, Beirut  Lebanon
1–1
17'
4
 1 June 2025 Fouad Chehab Stadium, Jounieh
1–2
70'

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
3.3 June 2026Petra Stadium, Amman, Jordan Malaysia1–02–0Friendly

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Florencia Saavedra | McNeese player profile". mcneesesports.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "¡El Formativo Femenino va por la doble corona!". cruzados.cl (in Spanish). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "¡Reconocimos a las mejores y los mejores de nuestro fútbol formativo!". cruzados.cl (in Spanish). 16 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Fitzgerald announces 2024-25 signing class". mcneesesports.com. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Nómina de La Roja Femenina Sub 20 para el primer microciclo del 2023" [Roster of the Chilean Women's U-20 Team for the first training camp of 2023.]. laroja.cl (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "الإعلان عن قائمة منتخب السيدات لمواجهة السعودية ودياً" [Announcement of the women's national team roster for the friendly match against Saudi Arabia]. pfa.ps (in Arabic). Palestine Football Association. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "The Palestine women's team will play two friendlies against Saudi Arabia in Qatar". kooora.com (in Arabic). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  8. ↑ Molina, Geraldine (8 April 2025). "Rania Sansur y Florencia Saavedra suman minutos con Palestina" [Rania Sansur and Florencia Saavedra gain minutes with Palestine.]. contragolpe.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2025.


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