Gabriela Villagrand

Gabriela Villagrand
Personal information
Full name Gabriela Elizabeth Villagrand Leonards[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999
Place of birth Houston, Texas, U.S.[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position Forward
Youth career
Challenge Soccer Club
HCYA Hurricanes
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Angelo State Rams 51 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Houston Aces 2 (0)
2022 Deportivo Saprissa
International career‡
2020– Panama 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals as of 01:15, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Gabriela Elizabeth Villagrand Leonards (born 1 December 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born and raised in the United States to a Panamanian father and an American mother, she caps for the Panama women's national team. She is nicknamed Gabby.

Career

Villagrand was homeschooled, and played for Challenge Soccer Club and HCYA Hurricanes in her youth, helping the latter to win the state championship in 2015 and 2016. In college, she joined the Angelo State Rams in 2018.[4] She has also played for the Houston Aces of United Women's Soccer in 2019.[5]

In 2020, she was called up to the Panama women's national team for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[6] She made her international debut on 28 January 2020 against Costa Rica, coming on as a 55th minute substitute for Amarelis De Mera in the match, which finished as a 1–6 loss.[7]

Villagrand signed with Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa in September 2022.[8]

Personal life

Villagrand is from Spring, Texas, and is of Panamanian descent.[9] She is majoring in kinesiology at Angelo State University.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying – Player National Team Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. 21 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Panamá tiene sus 23 convocadas para clasificar al Mundial femenino de la FIFA". 26 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 Gabby Villagrand
  5. ↑ Gabriela Villagrand
  6. ↑ Wilson, Isaac Castillero (18 January 2020). "Definida la selección de Panamá para el Preolímpico" [Panama's Pre-Olympic squad defined]. FEPAFUT.com (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Costa Rica v Panama
  8. ↑ Raggio, J.D. "Villagrand Signs Professional Contract in Costa Rica". AngeloSports.com. Angelo State University. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. ↑ Belles Soccer Gabby Villagrand selected to Panama's 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying team


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