Lina Granados

Lina Paola Granados Reyes (born 19 May 1994) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender for FF Lugano 1976.[3]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Granados and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

Lina Granados

Personal information
Full name	Lina Paola Granados Reyes[1]
Date of birth	(1994-05-19) 19 May 1994
Place of birth	Bogotá, Colombia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Defender[2]
Club information
Current team	FF Lugano 1976
Number	10
Youth career
	McLean Strikers
0000–2012	Briar Woods Falcons
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2015	Vanderbilt Commodores	46	(1)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Washington Spirit Reserves
2018	Patriotas Boyacá
2018–	FF Lugano 1976
National team^‡
2012–2014	Colombia U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:32, 28 December 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:32, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Career

In high school, Granados played for the Falcons of Briar Woods High School, where she served as the team captain as a senior. She earned First-Team All-District selections, and was selected in the Second-Team All-Met as a junior. She also played for the McLean Strikers youth team, where she won the 2010 Virginia State Cup and reached the USYS national finals. Granados was a member of the Region I team of the Olympic Development Program for five years, competing at ODP Inter-Regionals in Florida each year. In college, she played for the Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 2012 to 2015.[4] She played for three seasons, having redshirted in 2013, and made 46 appearances, scoring one goal and recording two assists.[5][6][7]

Granados was included in the Colombia under-20 squads for the 2012 and 2014 editions of the South American U-20 Women's Championship. She also competed with the under-20 national team in the football tournament at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru, helping the team to win the gold medal.[4] In June 2015, Granados was called up to the Colombia women's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. She a member of the 35-player provisional squad, but was initially cut from the final tournament squad before being selected as a replacement for the injured Melissa Ortiz.[8] However, she did not make an appearance in the tournament, in which Colombia were eliminated in the round of 16 by future world champions United States.[9]

On the club level, Granados played for the Washington Spirit Reserves in the USL W-League from 2014 to 2015.[9][10] In 2018, she played for Colombian team Patriotas Boyacá. Later that year, Granados joined Swiss club FF Lugano 1976 of the Nationalliga A.[11] On 25 September 2019, she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut against English club Manchester City, with the away match finishing as a 0–4 loss.[12]

Personal life

Granados was born in Bogotá, Colombia, before later moving to Costa Rica. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Ashburn, Virginia, and holds dual American citizenship.[13][14] She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2016 with a degree in engineering science.[15][16]

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 – List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 July 2015. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
2. "Women's World Cup journey ends for Granados, Colombia". Vanderbilt Commodores. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
3. Lina Granados at Soccerway
4. "Lina Granados". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
5. "Vanderbilt 2012 Cumulative Season Statistics". Vanderbilt Commodores. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
6. "Vanderbilt 2014 Cumulative Season Statistics". Vanderbilt Commodores. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
7. "Vanderbilt 2015 Cumulative Season Statistics". Vanderbilt Commodores. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
8. FIFA [@FIFAWWC] (2 June 2015). "Player replacement: We send Melissa Ortiz our best wishes. Her replacement is Lina Granados" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019 – via Twitter.
9. Robertson, Seth (30 September 2015). "The Call-Up: Colombia native Lina Granados realizes World Cup dream". Vanderbilt Magazine. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
10. Parker, Kevin (17 July 2015). "W-League: Spirit Reserves punch ticket to Final Four". All White Kit. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
11. Díaz, Francisco (24 July 2018). "Lina Granados fue fichada por el FF Lugano 1976 de Suiza" [Lina Granados was signed by FF Lugano 1976 of Switzerland]. Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
12. "Women Champions League 2019/2020 » 1. Round » Manchester City WFC – Lugano Femminile 4:0". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
13. "Vanderbilt Women's Soccer 2014" (PDF). Vanderbilt Commodores. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
14. "World Cup Q&A with Lina Granados". Vanderbilt Commodores. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
15. "Commodores in the Pros". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
16. "New era of Vanderbilt soccer begins Friday". Vanderbilt Commodores. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

External links

• Lina Granados – FIFA competition record
• Lina Granados at WorldFootball.net