Milagros Menéndez

Milagros Menéndez
Personal information
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
Team information
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
Women's football
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team
*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
1
19 June 2019 Parc des Princes, Paris, France Scotland
1–3
3–3
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup