 Salas with Costa Rica U20 in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | María Paula Salas Zúñiga | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 July 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Ramón, Costa Rica | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlas | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Saprissa FF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Alajuelense FF | (28) | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | ChievoVerona Women FM | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Monterrey | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Atlas | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica U20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Costa Rica | 9[2] | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
María Paula Salas Zúñiga (born 12 July 2002) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican Liga MX Femenil club CF Monterrey and the Costa Rica women's national team.
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Club career
Born in San Ramón, Salas began playing club football with Saprissa FF before transferring to Alajuelense FF in 2019.[3][4] She led Alajuelense FF to the 2021 Clausura Costa Rican Women's Premier Division title by scoring a hat-trick in the club's 3–1 second leg victory (5–2 on aggregate) over Saprissa FF, capping the club's first ever undefeated championship.[5] Salas was Alajuelense FF's all-time leading scorer with 28 goals,[6] and had scored 70 league goals by age 19.[7]
Salas joined ChievoVerona Women FM in January 2022, and made her Serie B Femminile debut as a second half substitute against Palermo Women on 28 February 2022.[8]
International career
Salas appeared in two matches for Costa Rica at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[1][2]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 21 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Jamaica |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 2. | 27 August 2018 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States |  El Salvador |
11–0 | 11–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 3. | 6 August 2019 | Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru |  Colombia |
3–3 | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | 2019 Pan American Games |
| 4. | 25 June 2022 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica |  Haiti |
1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 5 July 2022 | Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe, Mexico |  Panama |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship |
| 6. | 4 December 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
1–0 | 19–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 7. | 3–0 | |||||
| 8. | 4–0 | |||||
| 9. | 5–0 | |||||
| 10. | 7–0 | |||||
| 11. | 12–0 | |||||
| 12. | 13–0 | |||||
| 13. | 6 April 2024 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica |  Peru |
2–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 14. | 3–0 |
References
- ^ a b "Costa Rica". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ a b María Paula Salas at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Alajuelense Codea ficha a la goleadora de Saprissa" (in Spanish). La Nación. 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Salas: I think about the World Cup every day". FIFA. 12 September 2021.
- ^ "María Paula Salas vivió la final que siempre soñó con Alajuelense" (in Spanish). La Nación. 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Alajuelense tiene nueva goleadora histórica" (in Spanish). La Nación. 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Jugadora de Alajuelense tiene 70 goles en Primera División con 19 años" (in Spanish). La Nación. 16 October 2021.
- ^ "TRE GOL E TERZO POSTO: IL CHIEVO SI IMPONE SUL PALERMO". calciofemminileitaliano.it (in Italian). 28 February 2022.
External links
- María Paula Salas at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
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