Fátima Leyva

Fátima Leyva
Personal information
Full name Fátima Leyva Morán
Date of birth 14 February 1980 (1980-02-14) (age 32)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Laguna de Iztacalco
2005–2009 FC Indiana
2010 Zvezda Perm
2011– Zorkiy Krasnogorsk 14 (6)
National team
Mexico 62
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Fátima Leyva Morán (born February 14, 1980 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican footballer. She plays as a midfielder for the Mexico women's national football team.

Career

During her international career, Leyva has participated at numerous tournaments, namely the CONCACAF (1998), Nike Cup (1998, 2000), World Cup (1999), Pan American Games (1999, 2003) and Copa de Oro (2000) tournaments.

After the Mexican national team failed to qualify for the 2003 women's World Cup, she was hired by [Univision] as a color commentator for its Cup transmissions.

Leyva was the captain of FC Indiana in the W-League. In 2010 she signed for Russian champion Zvezda Perm, where she reunited her former coach Shek Borkowski. She currently plays for Zorkiy Krasnogorsk.

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