Kenti Robles

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Kenti Robles
Robles representing Mexico in 2018
Personal information
Full name Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas[1]
Date of birth (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico[3]
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Real Madrid
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Espanyol B
2009–2011 Espanyol 44 (8)
2011–2014 Barcelona 50 (4)
2014–2015 Espanyol 24 (1)
2015–2020 Atlético de Madrid 98 (8)
2020– Real Madrid 100 (3)
International career
2008–2010 Mexico U20
2010– Mexico 81 (3)
2017 Catalonia 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 San Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2021

Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas (born 15 February 1991), known as Kenti Robles, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right back for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid CF and the Mexico women's national team.[4] She holds dual Spanish and Mexican citizenship.[5]

Career[edit]

Robles has been playing in Spain since she was 14 years old, being brought up in Espanyol's youth team. In 2009, she was promoted to the first team, and that same season she won her first title, the national Cup.[6] After playing the 2011 World Cup with Mexico, she moved to local rivals Barcelona where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions League and helped the team win three league titles from 2011 to 2014. In August 2014, she re-joined Espanyol. In 2015, she joined Atlético de Madrid, where she played for 5 years, earning her 3 La Liga titles and a Copa de la Reina.[7] In the summer of 2020, she joined city rivals Real Madrid, who played the previous year as CD Tacón.

Personal life[edit]

Before settling in Spain, Robles lived in the Dominican Republic.[8] Her mother is originally from Peru.[9]

Honours[edit]

Espanyol
Barcelona
Atlético de Madrid

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Las Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Kenti Robles, la primera mexicana en el Atlético de Madrid femenil/ R Plascencia". Adrenalina Excelsior TV. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ "7 curiosidades de Kenti Robles" (in Spanish). 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Kenti Robles, la futbolista mexicana del Atlético de Madrid". Excelsior. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ^ Lopez, Jessica (17 July 2015). "Futbolista Mexicana Kenti Robles Signs With Atlético de Madrid". Remezcla. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Ayuda Kenti dentro y fuera del campo" (in Spanish).
  9. ^ Kenti Robles (10 January 2012). "Mi experiencia" [My experience] (in Spanish). Interculturalidad e Inmigración. Retrieved 16 May 2019. I had been to Peru, since that's where my mother is from, but, being so young, I do not remember very well.

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