Ana Tejada Jiménez (born 2 June 2002) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Primera División club Real Sociedad.
![]() Tejada as Logroño captain on 5 January 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ana Tejada Jiménez | ||
Date of birth | (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 20)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Logroño, Spain[2] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2017 | Logroño | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Logroño | 24+ | (1+) |
2019– | Real Sociedad | 57 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Spain U17 | 18 | (0) |
2019 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2022 |
Raised in the village of Lumbreras in La Rioja, Tejada started her career at Logroño,[3] where she was already playing for the first team when they achieved promotion to the Primera División in 2018,[4] making her the youngest active player in the top league, aged barely 16.[5][6] A solid campaign with Logroño led to her being signed by Real Sociedad in 2019. With her first campaign in San Sebastián interrupted by injury and then the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[7] she became a regular for the txuri-urdin in the 2020–21 season, starting 24 matches.[2]
Tejada was a member of the Spain under-17 squad that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in May 2018 (Lithuania) and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup played six months later (Uruguay),[5] winning both competitions.[8] She was still young enough to play in the 2019 Under-17 Euros (Bulgaria)[9] and was named in the 'Team of the Tournament', as she had been in the previous year.[5]
Real Sociedad Femenino – current squad | |
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