Fátima Leyva

Fátima Leyva

Personal information
Full name	Fátima Leyva Morán
Date of birth	(1980-02-14) 14 February 1980
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
Honours Competitor for  Mexico Women's Football Pan American Games Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Fátima Leyva Morán (born 14 February 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.

References

• sports-reference

v t e Mexico squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Quinones 2 Mora 3 Moore 4 Oceguera 5 Pérez 6 Leyva 7 Vergara 8 Rodebaugh 9 Nanez 10 Domínguez 11 Gerardo 12 Valdez 13 González 14 Mora 15 Hill 16 Pinzon 17 Michner 18 Rubalcaba 19 Almaraz 20 Ireta Coach: Cuéllar

v t e Mexico women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Molina 2 Goméz 3 Sandoval 4 González 5 Castillo 6 Vergara 7 Lopéz 8 Leyva 9 Domínguez 10 Mora 11 Pérez 12 Maravillas 13 Saucedo 14 Gutierrez 15 Valderrama 16 Martinéz 17 Worbis 18 Tajonar Coach: Cuéllar