Gaby Malave
_.jpg) Malave in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriela Monserrath Malave Vaca | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Salcedo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Ñañas | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Ecuador U20 | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 March 2020 | |||
Gabriela Monserrath Malave Vaca (born 8 March 2001) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays the position of a goalkeeper at USFQ Dragonas Fútbol Club of the San Francisco of Quito University and the Ecuador national team.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]As a young athlete, Malave performed as a goalkeeper in futsal teams in her home town of Salcedo Canton, eventually she transitioned to the game of soccer.[1]
She started playing at the ESPE soccer school in the U-8 category where she played there for four years with her parish's junior club. She also played in various community clubs in Salcedo.[1]
Higher level play
[edit]Malave became the national runner-up in the community sports games in Sucumbíos Province with the champion team of Salcedo Canton and Cotopaxi Province. While on vacation in the United States, she played in a tournament sponsored by Univision.[3]
Later, she attended the "El Nacional" school, playing for the Leo José club and moving on to the Salcedo Cantonal League and Club Huracán. Her talent developed and she was called to Pujilí, where she received the necessary support and skills training to join the Universidad San Francisco de Quito team.[4]
She was invited to the Pujilí Canton municipal GAD[expand acronym] team to play in a championship organized by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where coaches Ernesto Wladimir López Paredes and Ana Carolina Lara invited her to be part of the university team.[1][4]
Her desire led her to participate in the Under-20 national pre-selection process, and to play in the Pan American Games in São Paulo for the Ecuadorian women's national soccer team.[3] At 14 years old, she was called up for the South American Women's Soccer Championship[3] by Under-17 by coach Vanessa Arauz to the Ecuadorian national team in the goalkeeper position.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Medina, Víctor (16 March 2016). "El talento en el fútbol femenino se hace presente en Cotopaxi con Gabriela Daniela Malavé Vaca" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
- ^ "BÚSQUEDA DE JUGADORES". Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Medina, Víctor (16 March 2016). "Gabriela Malavé Vaca: Quiero jugar fútbol en el exterior". La Gaceta (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Gabriela Malavé, una promesa del deporte cotopaxense". La Gaceta (in Spanish). 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Gabriela Malave fue convocada para un microciclo de la Seleccion Ecuatoriana". La Hora Cotopaxi (in Spanish). 15 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023 – via Press Reader.