Peruvian Women's National Team Sub 20 | Adriana Dávila, Marisella Joya and the footballers who built the history of the women's team in Peru | Hexagonal Sub 20 | Statement | Game-Total

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A successful first step

To recall those great achievements, we have to go back to the official debut of the national women's team in the 1998 South American and 1999 World Cup qualifiers, although the first result was not as expected (they lost their debut against Brazil 15-0, followed by Chile (1-0). , back-to-back wins over Venezuela (2-1) and Colombia (2-1), in which they fell to third place on penalties in the process Olyenga Salinas, Adriana Davila Y Vivian Ayers.

But they are not the only ones. Despite little support for the promotion of women's soccer, Peru was able to put together a highly competitive team for the 2005 Bolivarian Games, where it won the gold medal. Pereira (the Colombian city where the tournament took place), Bicolor Venezuela (5-1), Ecuador (4-0), Bolivia (2-0 and 3-0 in the semifinals) and Colombia (2-0 and 3-0 in the final). Here is the name Adriana DavilaAlong with other footballers like Marisella Jewell, Miriam Tristan, Kira Pelecki, Rosa Fernandez and Gabriela Leon.

But is it possible to make a list of the most iconic players? Peruvian Women's National Team? Rather than rehash, what is more appropriate is to reconstruct the path of the standard-bearers in women's football in our country, and ask the protagonists what better way to do that. Adriana Davila Y Maricella Zoya.

Miriam Tristan scored the goal

One of the names the two footballers agreed upon Mirian Tristan (class of 1985), became one of the most experienced national football players in the bicolor team. Miriam was on the gold medal winning team in Colombia and is a member of the team that competed at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. America's Cup (2003, 2006 and 2010) and selected Lima 2019 Pan American Games.”Tristan was the top scorer in the Bolivarian Games (he scored 8 goals) and was also in the national team for many years.“, highlights Davila. Miriam was part of Alianza Lima between 2019 and 2023, participating in the 2021 and 2022 national titles.

Captain Adriana Davila

Adriana Davila This number cannot be left out. After all, her nomination was filed by Zoya who did not hesitate to highlight her professionalism in women's football. “I highlight Adriana because she was the captain of the senior team for many years, she was the first person to play in Europe (Italy) and she is the most disciplined and professional athlete I have ever met.”, he points out.

After learning to throw passes at a naval base in the Peruvian jungle, he came to play in Italy (2009-2010) and then returned to Peru to shine with Sporting Cristal, although his last team was Cesar Vallejo until 2022, when he retired. Professional football. A gold medalist at the 2005 Bolivarian Games, Davila played for Orlandia 97 of Serie A2 in Italy in 2009.

Marisella Joya's Career

If Dávila prefigured Zoya, the latter prefigured Zoya. Maricella Zoya is, without a doubt, another reference to Peruvian women's soccer, not only for what it did in the 2005 Bolivarian Games, but for its 25 years of experience that began in 1998. Football came to her as a sport. He shared with his brother what later became his passion, dividing his life between university classes and work. Although he is a fan of Alianza Lima, he defended the colors of Universitario de Deportes and Deportivo Municipal, where he played until the end of 2023, the year of his retirement.

Three-time champion Olyenga Salinas

Another of the suggested names Olyenga SalinasWinner of the inaugural Copa Libertadores Femenina in 2000 (where he scored 12 goals) he was part of the team that won the Metropolitan Championship three times with Reimens. He also wore the same Sport Boys shirt he retired in 2005. The Peruvian team reached third place in the 1998 South American Championship (now known as the Copa America), where he scored five times and finished fourth. In this tournament (2003 edition), he scored on two other occasions. After that, he started his career in technical operation, management FC Killas In the Women's League.

Defense of Fabiola Herrera

One of the current players in the women's team Fabiola Herrera. National defense is an important part of the Universitario de Deportes sports plan, although it wrote its history with the first two colors of the Sudamericano Feminino U-20, especially, in the 2006 edition, where it finished fourth, the closest to reaching the trip. World Cup. From there, 'Fabi' saw the decline of the red and white cast, as well as the revival it was enjoying under the command of Emily Lima. An important fact here is that Herrera was the first player to sign a contract outside of Peru in 2018: he left Sporting Cristal and signed for Millonarios de Colombia.

Extra song

In the list of the most relevant players in the history of Peruvian women's football, some names cannot be left out, without a doubt, the impact they have had on the red and white team. One of them Vivian AyersShe was a historic goalscorer at the Universitario between the ages of 26 and 35 and lived through the golden era of women's football between 1998 and 2002. Rosa Fernandez He is another historic goalkeeper who won three times with the 'U's; Gabriela Leone The South American wore '10' in 2003 Kira Pilecki He was one of the 'locks' in the central defense of the Bicolor in the said championship.

Addition is also important Susana Quintana, who scored the first official goal of the Peruvian women's soccer team. He did so at the 1998 South American Championship, qualifying for the 1999 World Cup, which he won 1–0 against Chile on 6 March. A historic result of being the first ever 'Pacific Classic' in a women's edition.

Another name that can't be missed Claudia Cagnina, became the first member of the Peruvian team to play in the Women's Champions League in 2019. American-born Cagnina made history in the 2018 Copa America with FC Lugano in Switzerland against Manchester City.

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