Vanessa Flores

Vanessa Flores Bear (born 26 May 1997) is an American-born Mexican footballer who played as centre back for Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national team.

Vanessa Flores
Flores in 2016
Personal information
Full name Vanessa Flores Bear[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Houston, Texas, United States[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Centre back[1][3]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 West Virginia Mountaineers 69 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 UANL 7 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Mexico U-17 9 (1)
2015–2016 Mexico U-20 8 (0)
2017– Mexico 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 February 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Flores and the second or maternal family name is Bear.

She was the first foreign-born Mexican player who signed with a Liga MX Femenil club.[4]

International career

Flores represented Mexico at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 4 February 2017 in a friendly match against Canada.[5]

Honors and awards

International
Mexico U-17

References
  1. "Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil Sub20" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. "Vanessa Flores" (in Spanish). LIGA MX Femenil. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Vanessa Flores". West Virginia Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  4. Villarreal, Edson (13 June 2019). "Vanessa Flores, nueva jugadora de Tigres Femenil" (in Spanish). Tiempo Extra Mx. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. "La SNM Femenil cayó 3–2 con Canadá en duelo de preparación" (in Spanish). MiSeleccion.mx. Retrieved 31 March 2017.


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