Priscila Chinchilla Explained

Priscila Chinchilla
Birth Date:11 July 2001[1]
Birth Place:Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Height:1.53m
Position:Attacking midfielder
Years1:2019–2020
Clubs1:Alajuelense
Caps1:?
Goals1:86[2]
Years2:2020–2023
Clubs2:Glasgow City
Caps2:50
Goals2:42
Years3:2023–2024
Clubs3:Pachuca
Caps3:11
Goals3:4
Years4:2024-
Clubs4:FC Zenit
Caps4:1
Goals4:1
Nationalyears1:2018–
Nationalteam1:Costa Rica
Nationalcaps1:30
Nationalgoals1:13
Ntupdate:00:35, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Priscila Chinchilla (born 11 July 2001) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who last played for Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca and the Costa Rica women's national team. She appeared in three matches for Costa Rica and scored two goals at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[1] [3]

Early life

Chinchilla was born in Pérez Zeledón Canton, Costa Rica, where she attended Escuela Los Ángeles until fifth grade.[4]

Career

After a stint with Arenal Coronado, Chinchilla played for AD Moravia in 2017 and CODEA Alajuela in 2018,[4] then began her professional club career in 2019 with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, where she scored 86 league goals.[5]

On 21 December 2020, Chinchilla joined Scottish Women's Premier League champions Glasgow City on a two-year deal.[6] She was named as the PFA Scotland Women's Players' Player of the Year for the 2021–22 season, the award's inaugural year.[7]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 11 October 2018 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States 8–0
2
3 28 July 2019 Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru 3–1
4
5 1 September 2019 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil 3–1 Friendly
6
7 4 October 2019 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica 1–0 2–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
8 8 October 2019 4–0 5–0
9 29 January 2020 BBVA Stadium, Houston, United States4–1 6–1
10 17 February 2022 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 2–0 7–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
11 9 April 2022 3–0 4–0
12 12 April 2022 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 1–0 5–0
13 4–0
14 15 February 2023 1–0 1–1 2023 Women's Revelations Cup
15 25 September 2023 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica 5–0 11–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
16 6–0
17 8–0
18 25 February 2024 Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States 1–0 2–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
19 2–0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Costa Rica . CONCACAF Women's Championship . . 15 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Costa Rica international forward Priscila Chinchilla joins Glasgow City. 21 December 2020 .
  3. Web site: Costa Rica and Canada resume 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship . concacaf.com . 4 June 2018 . 4 February 2020.
  4. News: Desde niña, el mejor talento de Alajuelense provoca que los equipos se peleen por ella . https://web.archive.org/web/20191218154105/https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/futbol-nacional/desde-nina-el-mejor-talento-de-alajuelense/FABY2YKFQBEV5DWRE4UWG44RXY/story/ . 18 December 2019 . live . Since she was a child, the best talent from Alajuelense causes teams to fight over her . Fiorella . Masis . 18 December 2019 . 25 April 2023 . . es.
  5. Costa Rica international forward Priscila Chinchilla joins Glasgow City. . 21 December 2020.
  6. News: Costa Rica's Chinchilla joins Glasgow. BBC Sport. 21 December 2020.
  7. News: Celtic dominate PFA Scotland awards, including manager of the year . BBC Sport. 2 May 2022.