Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón (born 20 September 2006), known as Montserrat "Montse" Saldivar, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-winger for Liga MX Femenil side Club América and the Mexico women's national football team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back / Left-winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | América | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2021 | América | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | América | 69 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Mexico U-17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2023– | Mexico U-20 | 8 | (3) |
| 2024– | Mexico | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024 | |||
Club career
editIn 2018, Club América intended to sign Saldivar with the goal of integrating her as part of their soon-to-be-created U-15 and U-17 teams, which were planning to participate in the upcoming youth division of Liga MX Femenil. However, due to a major delay in the creation of this youth division, the club decided to not sign her.[2]
In 2020, Saldivar received an invitation from then Club América manager, Leonardo Cuéllar, to a training tryout with América's first-team after successfully completing a previous tryout at a scouting event. Saldivar impressed Cuellar enough during the tryout that América decided to signed her.[3]
Club América (2021–present)
editSaldivar joined América in 2021 and was initially integrated with the U-17 side. She was moved up to America's first-team ahead of the Liga MX Femenil's Apertura 2021 tournament on 16 July 2021.[4] Saldivar made her professional debut with América at the age of 14 on 16 August 2021, in a match against Pachuca in which she was part of the starting line-up.[5]
International career
editSaldivar has been part of the Mexico women's national football team program since the U-17 level. She was part of the Mexico U-17 team that participated on the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[6][7]
Since 2023, Saldivar has been part of the Mexico U-20 team.[8] She was part of the Mexico team that participate at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in which she started all four games that Mexico played during this tournament, and scored one goal and gave three assists.[9]
Saldivar was called to the senior national team for the first time on 18 October 2024, for friendlies against Venezuela and Thailand.[10] She made her debut with the senior team on 26 October 2024, in the match against Venezuela.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of As of match played 18 November 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | League Cup [b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Club América | 2021–22 | Liga MX Femenil | 22 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |||
| Total | 69 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes Campeón de Campeones
- ^ Includes Summer Cup
Honours
editClub América
Mexico U-20
References
edit- ^ "Plantel del Club América Femenil". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Barrón, Carlos (2021-12-13). "Una niña abraza al futbol, Angelique Montserrat Saldívar". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Robles, Higinio (2021-04-09). "Montserrat Saldivar, la niña maravilla de América Femenil". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ Club America Femenil (2021-07-16). "Montserrat Saldivar, procedente de nuestra Sub-17, llega como refuerzo Águila". X. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "A sus 14 años, joven de Cancún debuta con el Club América en la Liga MX Femenil". www.poresto.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "2022 CWU17C final rosters announced". Concacaf. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ fvillalobos (2024-09-13). "¿Quién es Montserrat Saldívar, la mexicana que destacó en el Mundial Sub-20?". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "¡América y Tigres dominan convocatoria del Tri Femenil! | TUDN Selección MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Selección Nacional de México Femenil (26 October 2024). "¡Tenemos deeeeeeeeeebut!". X (in Spanish).
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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External links
edit- Montserrat Saldívar at Soccerway.com
- Montserrat Saldívar at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
- Montserrat Saldivar at Club América
