Alicia Fuentes Explained

Alicia Fuentes
Fullname:Alicia Fuentes Molina
Birth Date:1978 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Totalán, Spain
Height:1.63 m
Position:Defender, Midfielder, Striker
Years1:1994–2000
Clubs1:Atlético Málaga
Years2:2000–2003
Clubs2:Levante
Years3:2003–2004
Clubs3:Estudiantes Huelva
Years4:2004–2007
Clubs4:Sevilla
Years5:2007–2008
Clubs5:Murcia Féminas
Years6:2008–2010
Clubs6:Barcelona
Years7:2010–2012
Clubs7:Atlético Málaga
Years8:2012–2013
Clubs8:Levante Las Planas
Caps8:29
Goals8:2
Years9:2013–2014
Clubs9:Atlétíco Málaga
Years10:2014–2020
Clubs10:Sevilla
Nationalyears1:1997–2002
Nationalteam1:Spain

Alicia Fuentes Molina (born 27 May 1978), commonly known as Ali, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. She was at her peak between 1997 and 2003, when she won three Spanish leagues and four Spanish cups and she was a member of the Spain women's national football team, taking part in the 1997 European Championship.[1]

Club career

Born in Totalán, Málaga, Fuentes' first team was Atlético Málaga, the main women's club in the province. With Atlético she won both the national championship and the national cup in 1998. In 2000, she signed for Levante UD, taking part in their golden age.[2] In her three seasons there she won two leagues and three cups, and she played the first edition of the UEFA Women's Cup.[3]

In 2003, she returned to Andalusia to play for Estudiantes Huelva.[4] One year later she left Estudiantes for newly promoted Sevilla FC, which was the championship's runner-up in 2006.[5] In 2007, she left Sevilla for Apolo Properties, a second-tier team with an ambitious project.[6] However, it wasn't promoted and for the next season Fuentes returned to the top league in newly promoted FC Barcelona.[7]

After two years in Barcelona, Fuentes returned to Atlético Málaga in 2010.[8] When Málaga was relegated in 2012 she returned to Barcelona to play for another newly promoted team, Levante Las Planas.

International career

Fuentes started to play for the Spain in 1997, just in time to be called up for the 1997 European Championship, Spain's first appearance in a final tournament.[9] She played three of Spain's four games, always entering in the second half.[10] [11] She remained in the national team for five more years, making her last appearances in the 2003 World Cup qualifiers, while she played for Levante UD.[12]

In 2012–13 she was one of three remaining active players of the 1997 Euro squad, along with Levante UD's Maider Castillo and RCD Espanyol's Vanesa Gimbert.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alicia Fuentes: "La selección aspira a ganar la Eurocopa". OneFootball.
  2. http://www.marca.com/2009/06/24/futbol/mas_futbol/1245860019.html Rosa Castillo retires.
  3. http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/newsid=35898.html Group 7: Home confort for Arsenal.
  4. http://maurisoft.homelinux.com/recre/recrenoticias/recrenoticias.asp?inicio=6778 Estudiantes: Three signings at once.
  5. http://www.diariosur.es/pg060403/prensa/noticias/Deportes/200604/03/SUR-DEP-245.html Sevilla, close to win the league.
  6. http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/prensa/20070906/deportes_murcia/apolo-quiere-salto_20070906.html Apolo wants to take the leap.
  7. http://arxiu.fcbarcelona.cat/web/castellano/futbol/temporada_09-10/futbol_base/futbol_femeni/FCB_Femeni_A.html 2008-09 squad
  8. http://www.malagacf.com/es/noticia/malaga-cf-femenino/pamela-alicia-e-isa-entrega-trofeos-torneo-mujeres/171/42131 Pamela, Alicia and Isa presented the Women's Tournament trophies.
  9. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1997/10/31/pagina-55/385111/pdf.html?search=%22Alicia%20Fuentes%22 Spain begins the World Cup qualification in Gavà.
  10. http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/selection/match.php?id=123 Line-ups
  11. http://www.furiaroja.com/femenina/eurocopa_espana_1997.html The girls that made history (II): Spain's debut in a European Championship.
  12. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=191222/index.html Statistics