Elixabete Sarasola

Elixabete "Eli" Sarasola Nieto (born 12 April 1991) is a Spanish former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for PSV of the Eredivisie Vrouwen.[1]

Elixabete Sarasola
Sarasola with Barcelona in 2011
Personal information
Full name Elixabete Sarasola Nieto
Date of birth (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2005–2007 Añorga KKE
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Charleston Cougars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Real Sociedad 30 (0)
2009–2012 FC Barcelona
2013 Colorado Rush Women
2015–2018 AFC Ajax 52 (0)
2018–2020 PSV 28 (0)
National team
2008–2009 Spain under-19 7 (0)
2016 Basque Country 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Trained at university level in the United States, Sarasola played college soccer for three seasons for Charleston Cougars and later featured for USL W-League team Colorado Rush Women in 2013. Before moving to America she represented FC Barcelona in Spain's Primera División.[2]

References

  1. "Santiago: If I do well here, other Mexicans will follow". FIFA. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. Capdevila, Josep (1 August 2012). "Eli Sarasola: De la portería del Barça, a la aventura en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Sport (Spanish newspaper). Retrieved 28 August 2016.


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