Milagros Menéndez
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Full name | Milagros Abigail Menéndez | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 23 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Racing | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | UAI Urquiza | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Racing | 15 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Granada | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Elche CF | ||||||||||||||||
2022– | Racing | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Argentina | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Milagros Abigail “Mili” Menéndez (born 23 March 1997) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Racing Club. She also played for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Granada CF in 2020, then Elche CF in 2021, and has been part of the Argentina women's national team since 2018. A successful kart racing driver as a teenager, her career began playing an Asociación de Futbol Femenino de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (AFFEBA) national tournament for General Urquiza FC of Mar del Plata before being transferred to UAI Urquiza in 2015. Menéndez signed for Racing Club for the season 2019-2020, where she came back in July 2022 upon her return from Spain.
International career
Menéndez was selected by the senior team of Argentina for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 19 June that year, during the tournament, she scored her first international goal, in a 3–3 group stage draw against Scotland.
International goals
Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 |
19 June 2019 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France | Scotland |
1–3 |
3–3 |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |