Ana Tejada Jiménez (born 2 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Spain national team.
 Tejada with the Utah Royals in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ana Tejada Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 2002[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Logroño, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utah Royals | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Logroño | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Logroño | 24+ | (1+) |
| 2019–2024 | Real Sociedad | 86 | (1) |
| 2024– | Utah Royals | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Spain U17 | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Spain U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:34, 9 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:34, 23 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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Raised in the village of Lumbreras in La Rioja, Tejada started her career at Logroño,[3] where she was already playing for the first team when they achieved promotion to the Primera División in 2018,[4] making her the youngest active player in the top league, aged barely 16.[5][6]
A solid campaign with Logroño led to her being signed by Real Sociedad in 2019. With her first campaign in San Sebastián interrupted by injury and then the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[7] she became a regular for the txuri-urdin in the 2020–21 season, starting 24 matches.[2]
On 22 April 2024, Utah Royals announced that they had signed Tejada to a three-year contract.[8]
International career
editTejada was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in May 2018 (Lithuania) and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup played six months later (Uruguay),[5] winning both competitions.[9] She was still young enough to play in the 2019 Under-17 Euros (Bulgaria)[10] and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament', as she had been in the previous year.[5] She later won the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Tejada made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, as a 76th-minute substitute in a 7–0 friendly home win over Argentina.
Honours
editSpain U17
Spain U20
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2018,[14] 2019[15]
References
edit- ^ Ana Tejada at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Tejada". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Tejada". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Lumbreras homenajea a la futbolista Ana Tejada" [Lumbreras honours footballer Ana Tejada]. Rioja 2 (in Spanish). 19 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ana Tejada, el talento precoz de la Liga que sueña con hacer historia en el Mundial" [Ana Tejada, the Liga's precocious talent looking to make history at the World Cup]. Eurosport (in Spanish). 14 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Ana Tejada, una veterana de 16 años" [Ana Tejada, a 16-year-old veteran]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Ana Tejada: "Venir a la Real Sociedad me ha venido muy bien para madurar"" [Ana Tejada: "Coming to Real Sociedad has been very good for me to mature"]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ rsl. "Ana Tejada: Fast Facts | Utah Royals". rsl. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "El planeta a sus pies con 16 años: Ana Tejada, campeona del mundo" [The planet at her feet at 16 years old: Ana Tejada, world champion]. nuevecuatrouno (in Spanish). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Las riojanas Ana Tejada y Sara Carrillo, al Europeo de Bulgaria sub-17" [The Riojans Ana Tejada and Sara Carrillo, to the European Under-17 Bulgaria]. nuevecuatrouno (in Spanish). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Pina-inspired Spain win maiden U-17 Women's World Cup title". FIFA.com. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Germany win Women's 17 EURO: At a glance". UEFA.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory". FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "2018 Women's Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "2019 WU17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
External links
edit- Profile at Real Sociedad
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