Mari Paz Vilas

Mari Paz Vilas

Training for the national team in 2012
Personal information
Full name María de la Paz Vilas Dono
Date of birth (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988
Place of birth Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Valencia CF
Number 10
Youth career
Arosa SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Atlético Arousana (186)
2006–2008 Levante UD 48 (17)
2008–2011 FC Barcelona
2011–2013 RCD Espanyol (29)
2013– Valencia CF (85)
National team
2006–2007 Spain U19 9 (9)
2008– Spain 18 (13)
2007–2008 Galicia 2 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mari Paz Vilas Dono is a Spanish football forward, currently playing for Valencia CF in Spain's Primera División.[1] She is graduated with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy.

Career

Vilas started her senior career at local team Atlético Arousana until 2006, when she signed for Levante UD[2] for making her debut in Primera División.

In 2008, Vilas moved to RCD Espanyol,[3] and three years later, she signed with FC Barcelona.[4]

In 2013, the Galician player moved to Valencia CF.

International career

She was a member of the Spanish national team during the 2009 European Championship qualifying,[5] scoring a goal in her first match against Northern Ireland.[6] Previously she scored the first of Spain's two goals in the 2007 Under-19 Euro.[7]

Vilas set a new UEFA Women's Championship record in April 2012 when she scored seven goals in her team's 13–0 win over Kazakhstan marking her return to the national team.[8]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 February 2008 Estadio El Montecillo, Aranda de Duero  Northern Ireland 3–0 4–0 Euro 2009 qualifying
2 5 April 2012 La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid  Kazakhstan 4–0 13–0 Euro 2013 qualifying
3 5–0
4 6–0
5 7–0
6 9–0
7 10–0
8 13–0
9 16 June 2012 Stadion Brügglifeld, Aarau, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–1 4–3
10 21 June 2012 La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas de Madrid  Turkey 2–0 4–0
11 3–0
12 8 April 2017 Kehrwegstadion, Eupen  Belgium 0–2 1–4 Friendly
13 30 June 2017 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar  Belgium 7–0 7–0 Friendly

References

  1. "Mary Paz" (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "Mari Paz" (in Spanish). Levante UD. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. Mari Paz dresses as a queen to give Espanyol its sixth Cup. Marca, 10 June 2012
  4. Barreiros, Pedro J. (26 July 2008). "La goleadora gallega Mari Paz Vilas vestirá la camiseta del Barcelona la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. "Convocatoria para el partido España - Inglaterra clasificatorio para el VII Campeonato de Europa Femenino" (in Spanish). RFEF. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. "La selección femenina goleó a Irlanda y mantiene sus esperanzas" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  7. Hart, Patrick (20 July 2007). "Spain turn on the style". UEFA. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  8. "Germany and Spain in the goals, Finland ahead". UEFA. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2012.


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