Ligia Moreira
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Buena Fe, Ecuador[2] | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Córdoba | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Los Rios selection | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Pichincha selection | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | ESPE | ||
| 2010 | → Deportivo Quito (loan) | ||
| 2011 | → LDU Quito (loan) | ||
| 2013 | Guayas selection | ||
| 2013–2015 | Rocafuerte FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | 7 de Febrero | ||
| 2016 | Atlético Santo Domingo | ||
| 2016–2018 | 7 de Febrero | ||
| 2018 | → Patriotas (loan) | ||
| 2018 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Liga Deportiva Juvenil | ||
| 2019 | São José | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Real Oviedo | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Racing Féminas | 19 | (0) |
| 2021– | Córdoba | 22 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Ecuador U17 | ||
| 2007– | Ecuador | 46[3] | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación club Córdoba CF and captains the Ecuador women's national team.
International career
Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship.[4]
Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.[1][5]
At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against Cameroon, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee Katalin Kulcsár to have fouled Cameroonian striker Gaëlle Enganamouit being the last defender and therefore was sent off after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals.[6] Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 October 2021 | Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador |  Venezuela |
1–0 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 October 2021 | Venezuela |
1–2 | 1–4 |
References
- ^ a b c d "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Tricolores listas para su debut en el sudamericano sub 17". La Hora (in Spanish). 10 January 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Ecuador profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Cameroon open in style at Ecuador's expense". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
External links
- Ligia Moreira at BDFútbol
- Ligia Moreira – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ligia Moreira – Ecuadorian Football Federation player profile
- Ligia Moreira at Soccerway
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