Celia Jiménez (footballer)

Celia Jiménez Delgado (born 20 June 1995) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right wing-back for OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League and the Spanish national team.[1]

For the Spanish chef, see Celia Jiménez (chef).

Celia Jiménez
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995
Place of birth Alcaudete, Andalusia, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Right wing-back
Club information
Current team
 OL Reign
Number 13
Youth career
CD Toledano
Real Jaén
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Iowa Western 23 (21)
2015–2017 Alabama 39 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Real Jaén
2010–2013 Sevilla FC
2018 Seattle Sounders Women
2018 FC Rosengård 9 (1)
2019– OL Reign 13 (1)
2019–2020 → Perth Glory (loan) 9 (3)
National team
2010–2012 Spain U-17
2012–2014 Spain U-19
2014– Spain 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 3, 2020
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Delgado.

College career

Jiménez began her collegiate career at Iowa Western Community College where she collected 21 goals and 11 assists in 23 total matches. In 2015, she transferred to The University of Alabama. In her first season with the Crimson Tide, Jiménez was selected All-SEC second team and was a member of the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week for the week of 15 Sep, as a result of her game-winning goal in the 3–2 double-overtime comeback victory against LSU.

She studied aerospace engineering at Alabama.[2]

Club career

Jiménez was selected by Reign FC in the 2018 National Women's Soccer League draft. She was the 36th player selected, and the first attendee of the University of Alabama to be drafted into the NWSL.[3]

After finishing her university degree, Jimenez joined Seattle Sounders Women and led the team to the 2018 WPSL Championship.[4]

After the championship win, Jimenez joined Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård in August 2018.[5] She then signed with Reign FC for the 2019 NWSL season.[6]

Jiménez signed for Australian W-League club Perth Glory for the 2019–20 season.[7]

International career

She was selected as part of Spain's squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8] Jiménez earned a start in all three of Spain's matches in the country's first appearance in the World Cup. She has represented Spain on every youth national team from the age of 14 onward with a total of 12 appearances with the U-19 team and 12 appearances with the U-17 team.[9]

Honours

Spain

References
  1. "Spain – Celia Jiménez – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "Celia Jimenez Delgado studying aerospace engineering and playing soccer for Alabama Crimson Tide".
  3. "Alabama Soccer's Celia Jimenez Delgado Drafted 36th Overall by the Seattle Reign FC". Alabama Athletics.
  4. "Sounders Women win WPSL National Championship". Seattle Sounders Women. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. Ericsson, Magnus (13 August 2018). "Celia Jiménez Delgado klar för FCR". FC Rosengård. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. "Reign FC Sign Spanish International Defender Celia Jiménez Delgado". Seattle Reign FC. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  7. "Signed, Celia-d, delivered!". Perth Glory FC. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. "ROLLTIDE.COM – University of Alabama Official Athletics Site". www.rolltide.com.


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