Ana Tejada Explained

Ana Tejada
Fullname:Ana Tejada Jiménez
Birth Date:2002 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Logroño, Spain[1]
Height:1.70 m
Position:Centre back
Currentclub:Utah Royals
Clubnumber:17
Youthyears1:2015–2017
Youthclubs1:Logroño
Years1:2017–2019
Clubs1:Logroño
Caps1:24+
Goals1:1+
Years2:2019–2024
Clubs2:Real Sociedad
Caps2:86
Goals2:1
Nationalyears1:2018–2019
Nationalteam1:Spain U17
Nationalcaps1:18
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2019
Nationalteam2:Spain U19
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2021–2023
Nationalteam3:Spain U23
Nationalcaps3:7
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:2022
Nationalteam4:Spain U20
Nationalcaps4:6
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:2022–
Nationalteam5:Spain
Nationalcaps5:1
Nationalgoals5:0
Pcupdate:02:34, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
Ntupdate:02:34, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Years3:2024–
Clubs3:Utah Royals
Caps3:2
Goals3:0

Ana Tejada Jiménez (born 2 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League and the Spain women's national team.

Club career

Raised in the village of Lumbreras in La Rioja, Tejada started her career at Logroño,[2] where she was already playing for the first team when they achieved promotion to the Primera División in 2018,[3] making her the youngest active player in the top league, aged barely 16.[4]

A solid campaign with Logroño led to her being signed by Real Sociedad in 2019. With her first campaign in San Sebastián interrupted by injury and then the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[5] she became a regular for the txuri-urdin in the 2020–21 season, starting 24 matches.[1]

On 22 April 2024, Utah Royals announced that they had signed Tejada to a three-year contract.[6]

International career

Tejada was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in May 2018 (Lithuania) and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup played six months later (Uruguay), winning both competitions.[7] She was still young enough to play in the 2019 Under-17 Euros (Bulgaria)[8] and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament', as she had been in the previous year.[9] She later won the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, as a 76th-minute substitute in a 7–0 friendly home win over Argentina.

Honours

Spain U17

Spain U20

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tejada. BDFutbol. 5 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Tejada. Txapeldunak. 5 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Lumbreras homenajea a la futbolista Ana Tejada. Lumbreras honours footballer Ana Tejada . Rioja 2. 19 August 2018. 31 October 2021. es.
  4. Web site: Ana Tejada, una veterana de 16 años. Ana Tejada, a 16-year-old veteran . . 3 May 2019. 31 October 2021. es.
  5. Web site: Ana Tejada: "Venir a la Real Sociedad me ha venido muy bien para madurar". Ana Tejada: "Coming to Real Sociedad has been very good for me to mature" . El Desmarque . 18 May 2020 . 31 October 2021. es.
  6. Web site: rsl . Ana Tejada: Fast Facts Utah Royals . 2024-06-09 . rsl . en.
  7. Web site: El planeta a sus pies con 16 años: Ana Tejada, campeona del mundo. The planet at her feet at 16 years old: Ana Tejada, world champion. nuevecuatrouno. 2 December 2018. 31 October 2021. es.
  8. Web site: Las riojanas Ana Tejada y Sara Carrillo, al Europeo de Bulgaria sub-17. The Riojans Ana Tejada and Sara Carrillo, to the European Under-17 Bulgaria . nuevecuatrouno. 18 April 2019. 31 October 2021. es.
  9. Web site: Ana Tejada, el talento precoz de la Liga que sueña con hacer historia en el Mundial. Ana Tejada, the Liga's precocious talent looking to make history at the World Cup . Eurosport. 14 November 2018. 31 October 2021. es.
  10. Web site: Pina-inspired Spain win maiden U-17 Women's World Cup title. FIFA.com. 1 December 2018. 26 December 2023.
  11. Web site: Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance. UEFA.com. 16 May 2022. 26 December 2023.
  12. Web site: Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory. FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. 26 December 2023.
  13. Web site: 2018 Women's Under-17 EURO team of the tournament. UEFA.com. 18 June 2018. 26 December 2023.
  14. Web site: 2019 WU17 EURO team of the tournament. UEFA.com. 20 May 2019. 26 December 2023.