Valentina Lefort Explained

Valentina Lefort
Fullname:Valentina Alejandra Lefort Quezada
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Height:1.65 m
Position:Defender
Midfielder
Collegeyears1:2010–2015
College1:UTSA Roadrunners
Years1:2002–2009
Clubs1:Universidad de Chile
Years2:2015
Clubs2:Colo-Colo
Years3:2015–2016
Clubs3:ŽNK Pomurje
Years4:2016
Clubs4:RBB Féminas
Years5:2016–2017
Caps5:3
Goals5:0
Years6:2017–2020
Clubs6:CD Samper
Caps6:31
Goals6:10
Years7:2020–2021
Caps7:2
Goals7:0
Years8:2021–2022
Caps8:10
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2008
Nationalteam1:Chile U20
Nationalyears2:2011
Nationalteam2:Chile
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:0

Valentina Alejandra Lefort Quezada (born 26 January 1988) is a Chilean football player who plays as a defender or midfielder. She last played for Spanish side CD Móstoles URJC.

Club career

Lefort began her career with Universidad de Chile.[1]

In 2010, she emigrated to the United States to study at the University of Texas at San Antonio and played for UTSA Roadrunners.[2] Back in Chile, she joined Colo-Colo in February 2015.[3] In the second half of the same year, she moved to Europe and signed with Slovenian club ŽNK Pomurje,[4] [5] making three appearances in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[6]

In 2016, she moved to Spain and joined RBB Féminas.[6] She made her home in that country, playing after for CD TACON,[7] coinciding with her compatriot Camila Sáez,[8] CD Samper,[9] [10] CD Leganés[11] and CD Móstoles URJC.[12]

International career

In 2008, Lefort represented Chile U20 in both the South American Championship[13] [14] and the World Cup.[15] [16]

In 2011, she represented the senior team in the Algarve Cup alongside her teammate María José Rojas.[2]

Personal life

At the same time she was a player of Universidad de Chile, she attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso to study mechanical engineering.[1]

Lefort got an economics degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio and has mainly developed her profession in Spain.

Honours

UTSA Roadrunners

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valentina Lefort . alairelibre.cl . . 31 August 2023 . es . 12 November 2008.
  2. Web site: McCarney . Dan . UTSA's Chileans off to Portugal . MySA . 30 August 2023 . 25 February 2011.
  3. (Colo-Colo Femenino) ¡REFUERZOS DE RENOMBRE! – VALENTINA LEFORT Y LA EX CAMPEONA DE AMÉRICA, CHRISTIANE ENDLER SE INTEGRAN AL PLANTEL 2015. on Facebook . 2 February 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Po Čilenki še najboljša vratarka Srbije . snportal.si . 31 August 2023 . sl . 2 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Han militado en... ŽNK Pomurje . aupaAthletic.com . 31 August 2023 . es.
  6. Web site: El RBB Féminas incorpora a ‘Yiyi’ y a Valentina . www.realbetisbalompie.es . 31 August 2023 . es . 29 July 2016.
  7. Web site: El C.D. Tacón aspira a convertirse en el Real Madrid. . Fémina Fútbol . 31 August 2023 . es . 5 September 2016.
  8. Web site: Camila Sáez es el nuevo refuerzo del Club Deportivo Tacón de la segunda división española . eldeportero.cl . 31 August 2023 . es . 27 December 2017.
  9. Web site: E.F. Arganda - Tabla Goleadores . www.efarganda.com . 31 August 2023 . es.
  10. Web site: PREFERENTE FUTBOL FEMENINO, Grupo 1 Temporada 2018-2019 . FPA LAS ROZAS . 31 August 2023 . es.
  11. Web site: Acta de partido C.D.E. MAGERIT VS C.D. LEGANES S.A.D. . www.rffm.es . 31 August 2023 . es.
  12. Web site: Lefort, nueva incorporación para el Femenino Senior . C.D. Móstoles . 31 August 2023 . es . 17 September 2021.
  13. Web site: Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20 . Partidos de La Roja . 31 August 2023 . es.
  14. Web site: Sub 20 femenina: Chile buscará "desquitarse" ante las argentinas en sudamericano . Emol . . 30 August 2023 . es . 21 March 2008.
  15. (Damone, Giorgio) . 28 October 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. Web site: Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Femeninas Sub-20 . Partidos de La Roja . 30 August 2023 . es.