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Annia Mejía
Personal information
Full name Annia Stephany Mejía Alcaraz [1]
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28) [1]
Place of birth Bloomington, California, United States [2]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [3]
Position(s) Centre-back [2]
Team information
Current team
 Juárez
Number 2
College career
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2014–2016 California Golden Bears 57 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2018–2019 Fundación Albacete 0 (0)
2019 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2021 Monterrey 50 (5)
2021–2022 Tijuana 36 (1)
2022–2023 Pachuca 33 (0)
2023– Juárez 11 (0)
International career‡
2015 United States U-20
2015–2016 Mexico U-20 8 (0)
2016– [1] Mexico 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 February 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Alcaraz.

Annia Stephany Mejía Alcaraz (born March 12, 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX Femenil side FC Juárez. Born and raised in the United States to a Mexican mother and a Honduran father, Mejia represents the Mexico women's national team at the international level.

International career

Mejía's father attempted her to represent his homeland Honduras, but contacts with the local federation and one of its women's national team players were unsuccessful. [4]

Mejía represented her mother's homeland Mexico at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her senior debut on 26 January 2016. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Las defensas de la SNM Femenil que participan en el Preolímpico de la CONCACAF" (in Spanish). MiSeleccion.mx. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Annia Mejía" (in Spanish). LIGA MX Femenil.
  3. ^ "Annia Mejia - 2016 W Soccer Roster". CalBears.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ^ Bu, Allan (15 December 2015). "Annia, la futbolista mexicana que pudo jugar con Honduras". Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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