Leticia Torres (footballer)

Leticia Torres
Personal information
Full name Leticia Francisca Torres Mandiola
Date of birth (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Santa Rosa
Universidad Católica
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 San Francisco Dons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Universidad Católica
2018 Boldklubben af 1893
International career
2008–2010 Chile U17 10 (0)
2010–2014 Chile U20 14 (0)
2011–2014 Chile 11 (0)
Medal record
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leticia Francisca Torres Mandiola (born 30 May 1994) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

As a youth player, Torres and her sister were with club Santa Rosa from Las Condes, Chile, before joining Universidad Católica in 2008.[1] In 2012, she moved to the United States and played for San Francisco Dons.[2]

She spent two years not playing football due to an ankle injury before joining Danish club Boldklubben af 1893 in 2018.[3][4]

International career

She was captain of the U17 team, who was the first team to qualify to a World Cup in 2010. She was captain on the U20 teams in 2012 and 2014 and was part of the full team that participated in the Copa America in 2014.[2][5]

Personal life

Her grandfather, Jaime Mandiola, was a top goalscorer at the Universidad Católica youth ranks.[1]

Honours

Chile

References

  1. ^ a b Stephens, Alberto (19 April 2021). "Leticia Torres: "El sueño de quienes están en el fútbol femenino de la UC es posicionarlo al mismo nivel que el masculino"". Radio de la Cato (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "University of San Francisco Athletics". usfdons.
  3. ^ "Leticia Torres signs in Boldklubben af 1893 of the First Division of Denmark". @RumboaPrimeraCL.
  4. ^ "Otra chilena a Europa: Leticia Torres vuelve al fútbol después de dos años lesionada y llega a Dinamarca". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ Guerra, Felipe (30 May 2020). "Leticia Torres: La capitana de La Roja Femenina Sub 17 en el Mundial 2010". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ^ "SELECCIÓN FEMENINA SELLA CON PLATA SU INOLVIDABLE INCURSIÓN EN SANTIAGO 2014". ANFP (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2023.