Karla Nieto
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| Full name | Karla Paola Nieto Castillo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballenas Galeana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonas Morelos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Pachuca | 129 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Mexico U20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Mexico | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Karla Paola Nieto Castillo[1] (born 9 January 1995) is a Mexican professional football midfielder who currently plays for Pachuca of the Liga MX Femenil.[2]
Club career
Prior to turning professional, Nieto played in the amateur Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil with Ballenas Galeana and Leonas Morelos.[3][4]
International career
Nieto was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.[5][6]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 22 October 2023 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile |  Jamaica |
2–0 | 7–0 | 2023 Pan American Games |
Honours and achievements
Mexico
- Pan American Games: 2023, gold medal
Individual
- Liga MX Femenil Team of The Season: Apertura 2017
References
- ^ "Karla Nieto". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Pachuca Femenil squad". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ Jiménez, Diego (21 January 2014). "Regresa a México la Sub-20 Femenil como subcampeona en Premundial". morelos.quadratin.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Saldaña, Salvador (3 February 2015). "Leonas Morelos inicia con el pie derecho en la Liga Mayor Femenil". La Unión de Morelos (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links
- Karla Nieto at Soccerway.com
- Karla Nieto at FBref.com
- Karla Nieto at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
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