Lina Paola Granados Reyes (born 19 May 1994) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a defender for FF Lugano 1976.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lina Paola Granados Reyes[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-19) 19 May 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FF Lugano 1976 | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
McLean Strikers | |||
0000–2012 | Briar Woods Falcons | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Vanderbilt Commodores | 46 | (1) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Washington Spirit Reserves | ||
2018 | Patriotas Boyacá | ||
2018– | FF Lugano 1976 | ||
National team‡ | |||
2012–2014 | Colombia U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:32, 28 December 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:32, 28 December 2019 (UTC) |
In high school, Granados played for the Falcons of Briar Woods High School, where she served as the team captain as a senior. She earned First-Team All-District selections, and was selected in the Second-Team All-Met as a junior. She also played for the McLean Strikers youth team, where she won the 2010 Virginia State Cup and reached the USYS national finals. Granados was a member of the Region I team of the Olympic Development Program for five years, competing at ODP Inter-Regionals in Florida each year. In college, she played for the Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 2012 to 2015.[4] She played for three seasons, having redshirted in 2013, and made 46 appearances, scoring one goal and recording two assists.[5][6][7]
Granados was included in the Colombia under-20 squads for the 2012 and 2014 editions of the South American U-20 Women's Championship. She also competed with the under-20 national team in the football tournament at the 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru, helping the team to win the gold medal.[4] In June 2015, Granados was called up to the Colombia women's national team for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. She was a member of the 35-player provisional squad, but was initially cut from the final tournament squad before being selected as a replacement for the injured Melissa Ortiz.[8] However, she did not make an appearance in the tournament, in which Colombia were eliminated in the round of 16 by future world champions United States.[9]
On the club level, Granados played for the Washington Spirit Reserves in the USL W-League from 2014 to 2015.[9][10] In 2018, she played for Colombian team Patriotas Boyacá. Later that year, Granados joined Swiss club FF Lugano 1976 of the Nationalliga A.[11] On 25 September 2019, she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut against English club Manchester City, with the away match finishing as a 0–4 loss.[12]
Granados was born in Bogotá, Colombia, before later moving to Costa Rica. At the age of five, she moved with her family to Ashburn, Virginia, and holds dual American citizenship.[13][14] She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2016 with a degree in engineering science.[15][16]
Colombia squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
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