Linda Caicedo

Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegría (born 25 February 2005) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Real Madrid and the Colombia women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caicedo and the second or maternal family name is Alegría.
Linda Caicedo
Personal information
Full name Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegría
Date of birth (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005
Place of birth Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 América de Cali 7 (7)
2020–2023 Deportivo Cali 37 (16)
2023– Real Madrid 7 (1)
International career‡
2022 Colombia U17 11 (9)
2022 Colombia U20 4 (2)
2019– Colombia 16 (4)
Honours
Representing  Colombia
Copa América Femenina
Second placeColombia 2022
South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship
Second placeUruguay 2022
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Second placeIndia 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2022

Career

She made her professional debut at age 14 with América de Cali. She was named the best player at the 2022 Copa América Femenina.[1] Her team (Deportivo Cali) were the 2021 champions of the Liga Femenina Profesional de Fútbol Colombiano

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Cali 2021 Colombian Women's Football League 145––44189
2022 Colombian Women's Football League 124––––124
Total 26 9 – – 4 4 30 13
Career total 269443013

    International
    As of match played 10 August 2022
    National teamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotal
    AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
    Colombia 2019001010
    2020000000
    2021004141
    2022622082
    Total 6271133

      International goals
      No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
      1.23 October 2021Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia Chile1–02–0Friendly
      2.17 July 2022 Ecuador2–12–12022 Copa América Femenina
      3.25 July 2022Estadio Alfonso López, Bucaramanga, Colombia Argentina1–01–0
      4.6 September 2022Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia Costa Rica2–02–0Friendly
      5.18 February 2023Estadio León, León, Mexico Nigeria1–01–02023 Women's Revelations Cup

      Honours

      América de Cali

      Deportivo Cali

      Colombia U17

      Colombia

      Individual

      References
      1. Vickery, Tim (31 July 202). "Brazil triumphs again, but Copa America Femenina is getting stronger". ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
      2. Londoño, Juan Manuel. "Who is Linda Caicedo? The Rising Star of the Colombian Soccer National Team - LatinAmerican Post". latinamericanpost.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      3. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022: Spain edge Colombia in final to defend title". Olympics. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      4. "Brasil campeón invicto de la CONMEBOL Sub 17 Femenina - CONMEBOL". Conmebol (in European Spanish). 20 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      5. Vickery, Tim (31 July 2022). "Brazil triumphs again, but Copa America Femenina is getting stronger". ESPN. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      6. "López, Bender and Fuente scoop up Golden awards". FIFA.com. Fédération internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      7. "NXGN 2022: The 20 best wonderkids in women's football | Goal.com". Goal. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      8. "El XI ideal de la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2022 – CONMEBOL Copa America" (in European Spanish). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      9. "#PremiosFéminaFútbol, Felicitamos a Linda Caicedo por ser la jugadora joven del año". Twitter (Fémina Fútbol® ). 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      10. "Premios Fémina Fútbol 2021: Resultados de las votaciones". Fémina Fútbol (in Spanish). 3 December 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
      11. "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - Linda Caicedo, Women's World Bes Youth (U20) Player". IFFHS. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2023.


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