Gabriela Guillén
 Guillén with Dallas Trinity in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gabriela Guillén Álvarez[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1992[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tibás, Costa Rica[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Houston Dash | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Creighton Bluejays | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Saprissa FF | – | (–) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Þór/KA | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Alajuelense FF | – | (–) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Dallas Trinity FC | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Houston Dash | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Costa Rica U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Costa Rica U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Costa Rica | 88 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Gabriela Guillén Álvarez (born 1 March 1992) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a defender for NWSL club Houston Dash, on loan from Dallas Trinity FC, and the Costa Rica national team.
Professional career
[edit]Guillén has played football for clubs in Costa Rica and Iceland. Since 2020, she has played for Alajuelense Fútbol Femenino.[3] Guillén began her career with Alajuelense's city rivals Saprissa Fútbol Femenino, and played one season with Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna club Þór/KA.[4]
Dallas Trinity FC, 2024–
[edit]In July 2024, Guillén signed with Dallas Trinity FC.[5]
Loan to Houston Dash
[edit]On September 21, 2024, Guillén and teammate Gracie Brian, signed for NWSL club Houston Dash on a short term loan agreement.[6]
International career
[edit]Gabriela played for Costa Rica against the United States in 2012.[7]
Guillén has participated in under-17 and under-20 World Cups with Costa Rica, playing two matches in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008 against Ghana and Germany, and playing no matches in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010.
In 2014 she was part of the Costa Rican team that qualified for the first time to a senior world cup, in this case the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which then she participated in one match against Spain.
She was also part of the Costa Rica Women's National Football Team that won a silver medal in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Later that same year, she was called to play with Costa Rica in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, which Costa Rica failed to qualify.
Personal
[edit]Guillén married her partner of ten years in April 2023.[3][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Yo Soy". Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Futbolista de Alajuelense, Gabriela Guillén, se casó con su novia" (in Spanish). La República. 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Gaby Guillén revela por qué fichó con Alajuelense a pesar de pasado con Saprissa" (in Spanish). ESPN. 29 September 2020.
- ^ Carrick, Buzz (25 July 2024). "Dallas Trinity signs Gaby Guillén from LDA". 3rd Degree. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ FC, Houston Dynamo. "Houston Dash sign Gabriela Guillén and Gracie Brian to short-term loans from Dallas Trinity FC | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "U.S. WNT vs. Costa Rica". ussoccer.com.
- ^ "Gaby Guillén: El fútbol y la homosexualidad; dos mundos que vive sin temores, ni estereotipos" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 8 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Gabriela Guillén at Soccerway.com
- Gabriela Guillén at FBref.com
- Gabriela Guillén – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Gabriela Guillén on Instagram
- Profile (in Spanish) at Fedefutbol
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Women's association football defenders
- Costa Rican women's footballers
- People from Tibás
- Sportspeople from San José Province
- Costa Rica women's international footballers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Costa Rica
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- Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
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- Creighton Bluejays women's soccer players
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- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
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- Þór/KA players
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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