Alexia Villanueva

Mexican footballer (born 2003)

Alexia Villanueva
Personal information
Full name	Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores
Date of birth	(2003-02-22) 22 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Santos Laguna
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	América	14	(3)
2020–2023	Santos Laguna	91	(69)
2023	UANL	5	(0)
2024–	Santos Laguna	18	(1)
International career^‡
2022	Mexico U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023

Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores (born 22 February 2003) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil side Santos Laguna.^[2]

Career

Villanueva started her career in 2018 with América.^[3] In 2020, she joined Santos Laguna.^[4] In 2023, she was transferred to UANL.^[5] In 2024, she returned to Santos Laguna.^[6]

International career

Villanueva was also part of the team that participated in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Alexia Nayeli Villanueva Flores". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ ""Me siento muy feliz de regresar a Santos": Alexia Villanueva" (in Spanish). Santos Laguna. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "América Femenil confirma la salida de Alexia Villanueva para el Torneo de Apertura 2020" (in Spanish). Águilas Monumental. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Alexia Villanueva, jugadora de Santos, es llamada heroína para México en Mundial Sub 20" (in Spanish). Telediario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "De guerrera a felina" (in Spanish). Once Diario. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "ALEXIA VILLANUEVA INICIA UNA NUEVA ETAPA COMO GUERRERA" (in Spanish). Santos. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Selección Mexicana Femenil Sub-20 lanza convocatoria de cara a la Copa Mundial de 2022". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, Costa Rica 2022" [Call for the U-20 Women's National Team of Mexico for the FIFA World Cup, Costa Rica 2022]. miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.