Ligia Moreira

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Ligia Moreira
Personal information
Full name Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Buena Fe, Ecuador[2]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Fundación Albacete
Number 16
Youth career
2006–2010 Los Rios selection
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Pichincha selection 6 (0)
2010–2013 ESPE
2010 → Deportivo Quito (loan)
2011 → LDU Quito (loan)
2013 Guayas selection
2013–2015 Rocafuerte FC
2015–2016 7 de Febrero
2016 Atlético Santo Domingo
2016–2018 7 de Febrero
2018 → Patriotas (loan)
2018 Universidad Católica
2018–2019 Liga Deportiva Juvenil
2019 São José 7 (0)
2019–2020 Real Oviedo 8 (0)
2020–2021 Racing Féminas 19 (0)
2021–2023 Córdoba 50 (1)
2023–2024 Alhama 17 (1)
2024– Fundación Albacete 25 (0)
International career‡
2008 Ecuador U17
2007– Ecuador 46[3] (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fundación Albacete and captains the Ecuador women's national team.

International career

Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship.[4]

Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.[1][5]

At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against Cameroon, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee Katalin Kulcsár to have fouled Cameroonian striker Gaëlle Enganamouit being the last defender and therefore was sent off after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals.[6] Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 October 2021Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador Venezuela1–01–4Friendly
2.26 October 2021 Venezuela1–21–4

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2015.Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tricolores listas para su debut en el sudamericano sub 17". La Hora (in Spanish). 10 January 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2019.Category:CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
  5. ↑ "Ecuador profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cameroon open in style at Ecuador's expense". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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