Mariela Jácome
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mariela Amina Jácome Riley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.[2] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder[3] | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | St. John's Red Storm | 58 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | San Francisco | 2 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Ecuador | (2[4]) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:15, 22 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 17 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
Mariela Amina Jácome Riley (born 6 March 1996) is an American-born Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a forward and a midfielder. She has been a member of the Ecuador women's national team.
She was part of the Ecuadorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] She also had a brief stint in the Ecuadorian league playing for San Francisco.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Jácome was born in Long Branch, New Jersey to an American mother and an Ecuadorian father originally from Guayaquil. Growing up she attended Ichabod Crane High School in Kinderhook, New York, and in 2013 she was named by Albany Times Union to the all-star senior squad after recovering from Jácome a torn ACL a year before. She later attended St. John's University, where she played 20 games her first season. While visiting family in Ecuador, her uncle recommended that she try out for the Ecuador national team which was holding camp nearby. Jácome did and soon after was named part of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ Mariela Jácome – Ecuadorian Football Federation player profile
- ^ a b "Mariela Jacome". St. John's Red Storm.
- ^ "Ecuador goleó a Argentina en el Sudamericano Femenino, pero se despidió del torneo" (in Spanish). Bendito Fútbol. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "Resultados de la segunda fecha en el campeonato nacional femenino de fútbol" (in Spanish). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Resultados de la tercera fecha en el campeonato nacional femenino de fútbol" (in Spanish). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ Randy Vogt (6 June 2015). "Mariela Jacome to Represent Ecuador in the Women's World Cup". Goal Nation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Brian Radewitz (4 March 2015). "The world is her oyster - Kinderhook native Mariela Jacome selected for Ecuador's Women's World Cup team". Goal Nation. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Mariela Jacome Named to Ecuador's FIFA Women's World Cup Roster". Red Storm Sports. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Mariela Jácome – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mariela Jácome at Soccerway
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