Mayumi Pacheco

Mayumi "Maz" Pacheco (born 25 August 1998) is an English footballer, who plays as a defender for FA WSL club West Ham United.[3]

Mayumi Pacheco

Personal information
Full name	Mayumi Pacheco[1]
Date of birth	25 August 1998
Place of birth	Ormskirk, England[2]
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Club information
Current team	West Ham United
Youth career
2014–2015	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Liverpool	12	(0)
2016	→ Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan)	10	(1)
2017–2018	Doncaster Rovers Belles	26	(1)
2018–2020	Reading	25	(0)
2020–	West Ham United	4	(0)
National team^‡
2015	England U17	8	(1)
2016–2017	England U19	9	(0)
2017–2018	England U20	8	(0)
2019	England U21	10	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2020

Career

Pacheco made a failed bid to join the youth team of FA WSL 1 side Liverpool in 2013 by participating in the club's trial. She managed to secure a place in the youth team the following year.[4]

Pacheco began her senior career with Liverpool in 2015.[3] She made her club debut on 25 March in a league loss to Sunderland. 11 more appearances followed during the 2015 and 2016 seasons before Pacheco left to join Doncaster Rovers Belles on loan for the remainder of the 2016 campaign.[3][5] She went onto make 12 appearances and score 1 goal prior to signing a permanent contract at the beginning of 2017.[6] In July 2018, Pacheco signed for Reading, after helping Doncaster Rover Belles win the WSL 2 title.[7] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Pacheco had left the club after her contract had expired.[8] On 10 July 2020, Pacheco signed for West Ham United.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 February 2020.[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental[lower-alpha 3]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	2015	FA WSL 1	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	0
	2016		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	0
Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan)	2016	FA WSL 1	10	1	0	0	2	0	—		12	1
Doncaster Rovers Belles	2017	FA WSL 2	9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
	2017–18		17	1	0	0	3	0	—		20	1
	Total		26	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	30	1
Reading	2018–19	FA WSL	16	0	2	0	2	0	—		20	0
	2019–20		9	0	2	1	5	0	—		16	1
	Total		25	0	4	1	7	0	-	-	36	1
Career total			73	2	5	1	19	0	0	0	97	3

1. Includes the FA Women's Cup
2. Includes the FA WSL Cup
3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours

England U20s

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup third place: 2018[10]

Personal life

Pacheco was born in Ormskirk. Her mother comes from the Philippines, her father from Ormskirk, and she has two brothers.[11]

References

1. "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
2. "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Doncaster Rovers Belles. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
3. "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
4. Morales, Luisa (19 September 2020). "Meet the full-blooded Filipina booter in England's top football tournament". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
5. "SIGNING: Pacheco signs on loan". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. "SIGNING: Pacheco returns". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
7. "Mayumi Pacheco: Reading Women sign former Doncaster Rovers Belles left-back". BBC Sport. 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
8. "Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
9. "West Ham United sign defender Maz Pacheco". www.whufc.com.
10. "ENGLAND WIN BRONZE MEDAL AT FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". The FA. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
11. "Special Feature: The story of Mayumi Pacheco, a 17-year-old Pinay footballer playing for Liverpool". Inter Aksyon. 27 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

External links

• Mayumi Pacheco at Soccerway