Karen Reyes (footballer)

Karen Reyes
Personal information
Full name	Karen Jissel Reyes Hernández
Birth name	Karen Jissel Reyes
Date of birth	12 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Reston, Virginia, U.S.
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Necaxa
Number	18
Youth career
	South Lakes Seahawks
College career
Years	Team
2016–2019	Marymount Saints
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–2022	Åland United
2023–	Necaxa
International career‡
2021–	El Salvador
Medal record
Women's football
Representing El Salvador
Central American and Caribbean Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2021.; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2021.

Karen Jissel Reyes Hernández (born 12 February 1998) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Necaxa. Born in the United States, she caps for the El Salvador women's national team.

Early life

Reyes was born and raised in Reston, Virginia to Salvadoran parents, Fausto Reyes and Norma Hernández, both from Anamorós.^[1]^[4]

Reyes has attended the South Lakes High School in her hometown and the Marymount University in Arlington County, Virginia.^[1]

Reyes has played for Åland United in Finland.^[3]

Reyes made her senior debut for El Salvador on 19 November 2021.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Karen Reyes". Marymount Saints. Retrieved 30 November 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "Karen Reyes". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Karen Reyes at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
^ Ruud, Robbie (20 November 2021). "Karen Reyes, salvadoreña destacada en Finlandia: "Lo más importante es la disciplina, es algo que nadie te quita"". El Salvador. Cancha. Retrieved 30 November 2021. I was born in the United States but my parents are from Anamorós, La Unión.