Charlyn Corral

Charlyn Corral

Playing for Mexico in 2014
Personal information
Full name Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991[1]
Place of birth Acolman, Mexico[2]
Height 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Levante UD
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2011 Borregos Salvajes
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Louisville Cardinals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Merilappi United 8 (5)
2015– Levante UD 30 (22)
National team‡
2006–2010 Mexico U-20 13 (3)
2011– Mexico 33[3] (18)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:20, 3 September 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:59, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Corral and the second or maternal family name is Ang.

Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Levante of Spain's Primera División. She has previously played for Merilappi United in Finland and for the University of Louisville's college soccer team in the United States.

Club career

After scoring 23 goals for Levante in her debut 2015–16 season, Corral signed a one-year extension to her contract with the Spanish club.[4] She had been named in the Primera División's Team of the Season.[5]

International career

Corral made her debut for the Mexico U-21 team in 2006 at the age of 14. She was a member of the Mexico squad at the 2006, 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Corral earned her first cap for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in a group stage match against New Zealand.[6]

Personal life

Charlyn's brother George Corral is also an international footballer, who currently plays for Querétaro FC.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Las Delanteras de la Selección Femenil de México que Participarán en Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Charlyn Corral renueva con Levante" (in Spanish). La Jornada. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Así queda el once ideal de la Primera División Femenina" (in Spanish). La Liga. 27 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Charlyn Corral Bio Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Know Your Cardinals: Charlyn Corral" The Louisville Cardinal, 4 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.


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