Ligia Moreira

Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Racing de Santander and captains the Ecuador women's national team.

Ligia Moreira
Personal information
Full name Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992[1]
Place of birth Buena Fe, Ecuador[2]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Racing Santander
Number TBA
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 3 (0)
2020– Racing Santander 0 (0)
National team‡
2008 Ecuador U-17
2007– Ecuador 46[3] (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moreira and the second or maternal family name is Burgos.

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 dismissed 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.

References
  1. "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.
  3. "Profile". FIFA.com. 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.
  5. "Ecuador profile". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. "Cameroon open in style at Ecuador's expense". FIFA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.


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