Verónica Pérez
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Verónica Raquel Pérez-Murillo[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 May 1988||
Place of birth | Hayward, California, United States[2] | ||
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Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Canberra United | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2005 | PSV Union & Pleasanton Rage | ||
2002–2003 | Crystal Springs Uplands High School | ||
2006–2009 | Washington Huskies | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Seattle Sounders Women | 8 | (1) |
2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 1 | (0) |
2012 | Seattle Sounders Women | 14 | (12) |
2012 | Stjarnan Women | 7 | (1) |
2013 | Western New York Flash | 22 | (1) |
2014– | Washington Spirit | 17 | (1) |
2015– | Canberra United | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | United States U23 | ||
2010– | Mexico | 78[3] | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:17, 22 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:38, 18 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Verónica Raquel Pérez-Murillo (born May 18, 1988, in Hayward, California) is an American-born and naturalized Mexican citizen footballer from San Mateo, California, who plays for Canberra United in the Australian W-League and the Mexico women's national team.
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Early life
Her parents are Irene Murillo and Bernardo Pérez. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico.[4] Perez attended Crystal Springs Uplands School where she played one year of soccer, earning first team, All-League honors. During her Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years she played for PSV Union FC and in her junior and senior years, she played for the club team, Pleasonton Rage, and represented the Far West region Olympic Development (ODP) team at the 2005 U.S. Youth Soccer Adidas Cup.[5]
University of Washington
Pérez played for the University of Washington Huskies and was twice named to the All-Pac-10 second team. Pérez left the University of Washington ranked in the all-time top-10 in several categories, including third in shots (194) and games played (83), fourth in game-winning goals (8), tied for sixth in goals (21) and eighth in points (53).[6]
Playing career
Club
Saint Louis Athletica
Perez was selected as the 37th pick overall in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) draft by the Saint Louis Athletica in 2010.[7] After the WPS folded, Perez began training again with the Mexico women's national football team.[8]
Seattle Sounders Women
Perez played for the Seattle Sounders Women during the 2009 and 2012 seasons and was a leading scorer.[9][10]
Stjarnan Women
During the summer of 2012, Perez and her Sounders teammate and fellow University of Washington alum, Kate Deines, played for Stjarnan Women in Iceland's top division. The team won the Icelandic Women's Cup after a 1–0 win over Valur.[11][12]
Western New York Flash
On January 11, 2013, Perez joined the Western New York Flash as part of the NWSL Player Allocation for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.[13][14]
Washington Spirit
March 3, 2014, Western New York Flash traded Perez and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick to the Washington Spirit in exchange for a 2014 and 2015 international roster spot.[15]
International
Perez played for both the Mexico women's national football team and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team during the Summer of 2009.[16] On November 5, 2010, she scored the winning goal for Mexico in the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying game against the United States.[17][18] Perez led the Mexico to a third-place finish in the 2011 Pan American Games.[19] In 2011, Perez represented Mexico in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.[20]
Coaching career
Perez is an assistant coach for her former club, PSV Union FC
See also
- List of Mexican Fútbol (soccer) athletes
- List of 2011 Pan American Games medal winners
- List of University of Washington people
References
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External links
- Verónica Pérez – FIFA competition record
- Verónica Pérez – UEFA competition record
- Profile (Spanish) at Mexican Football Federation
- Verónica Pérez at Soccerway
- Saint Louis Athletica player profile
- Washington player profile
- Seattle Sounders Women player profile
- Western New York Flash player profile
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- Seattle Sounders Women players
- Saint Louis Athletica players
- Washington Huskies women's soccer players
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- United Soccer Leagues W-League players
- Mexican women's footballers
- Mexico women's international footballers
- American people of Mexican descent
- Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Hayward, California
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Western New York Flash (NWSL) players
- Canberra United FC players
- Soccer players from California
- Association football midfielders
- Washington Spirit players