Sandra Sepúlveda

Sandra Milena Sepúlveda Lopera (born 3 March 1988) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Profesional Femenina club Independiente Medellín and the Colombia women's national team.

Sandra Sepúlveda
Personal information
Full name Sandra Milena Sepúlveda Lopera
Date of birth (1988-03-03) 3 March 1988
Place of birth Bello, Antioquia, Colombia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Independiente Medellín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Formas Íntimas
2015–2017 Kiryat Gat
2018 Junior
2019– Independiente Medellín
National team
2009– Colombia 39[1] (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:29, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Sepúlveda joined her first club, Formas Íntimas, as a 10-year-old. She rose to club captain and played in the Copa Libertadores Femenina.[2] She accepted a contract offer from the Israeli club Kiryat Gat in November 2015.[3] In January 2018 she agreed to sign for Atlético Junior's newly formed women's team, who were entering the Colombian Women's Football League.[4]

International career

Sepúlveda played for Colombia at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[5] She was voted best goalkeeper at the 2014 Women's Copa America.[6] She was part of Colombia's team at the 2015 World Cup.[6]

References

  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Noguera Pulido, Esteban (27 June 2015). "Sandra Sepúlveda, 20 años de sudor y lucha" (in Spanish). El Tiempo (Colombia). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. "Sandra Sepúlveda, fichada por el Maccabi Kiryat Gat de Israel" (in Spanish). DeportesRCN.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. Noé Gómez, Andrés (12 January 2018). ""Para mi es un honor representar a Junior": Sandra Sepúlveda firmó contrato con las Tiburonas" (in Spanish). Zona Cero. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. "Sandra Sepúlveda Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  6. FIFA.com (1900-01-01). "Emotions run high for Sepulveda". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2017-07-10.


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