Ana Cate

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ana Cate

| fullname = Ana Victoria Cate Aguilar{{soccerway|128191|accessdate=27 March 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Florida, United States

| height = 1.55 m{{Cite web|url=https://auburntigers.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/ana-cate/2087|accessdate=27 March 2020|title=Ana Cate - Soccer|website=Auburn University Athletics}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Joe E. Newsome High School

| collegeyears1 = 2009–2012 | college1 = Auburn Tigers | collegecaps1 = 77 | collegegoals1 = 15

| years1 = 2014 | clubs1 = FH | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2015–2018 | clubs2 = Stjarnan | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = HK/Víkingur | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020 | clubs4 = KR | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2023 | clubs5 = Breiðablik| caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010–2017

| nationalteam1 = Nicaragua

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 12 February 2024

| ntupdate = 26 December 2022

}}

Ana Victoria Cate Aguilar (born 5 August 1991) is an American-born Nicaraguan former footballer who played as a midfielder. She was a member of the Nicaragua women's national team and was the first Nicaraguan woman to play professionally in Europe. Her mother is Nicaraguan and her father is American.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/deportes/446710-ana-cate-jdc/|title=Sin Ana Cate en los JDC|website=El Nuevo Diario|first=Alejandro|last=Sánchez|date=17 November 2017|accessdate=27 March 2020}}

Playing career

Ana grew up in FishHawk, Florida, playing high school soccer for Joe E. Newsome High School in Lithia,{{cite news |last1=Hobbs |first1=Renee |title=Newsome High Graduate Makes It In The Professional Soccer World |url=https://www.ospreyobserver.com/2017/11/newsome-high-graduate-makes-it-in-the-professional-soccer-world/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |publisher=Osprey Observer |date=November 2, 2017}} before attending Auburn University. From 2013 to 2014, she played for Durham University{{cite web | url=https://www.laprensani.com/2015/10/01/deportes/1911451-el-alma-del-equipo | title=Cate, el alma del equipo nica de futbol | date=October 2015 }} where she was the team's Most Valuable Player during the 2014 season.

In 2014, she became the first woman from Nicaragua to play professionally in Europe, when she signed with FH Hafnarfjörður of the Icelandic First Division, scoring four (4) goals and 10 assists in 17 of the 18 games she played in the season. She started in 16 games.

In 2015, she played with Stjarnan of the Icelandic First Division, starting in two games. She became the first Nicaraguan to score in,{{cite web | url=https://nicafutb.wixsite.com/probe | title=Nica Futb Femenino }} and the first Nicaraguan to win a pre-season title in a European first-division league.{{cite web |title=Ana Cate campeona de Pre-Temporada con Stjarnan |url=https://nicafutb.wixsite.com/nicafutbfemenino/single-post/2015/05/02/ana-cate-campeona-de-pretemporada-con-stjarnan |website=Nica Women's Soccer |date=2 May 2015 |access-date=26 December 2022}}

She retired from playing following the 2020 season.{{cite news |author1=Brynjar Ingi Erluson |title=Ana Cate í þjálfarateymi Breiðabliks |url=https://fotbolti.net/news/18-11-2022/ana-cate-i-thjalfarateymi-breidabliks |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=Fótbolti.net |date=18 November 2022 |language=Icelandic}}

In August 2023, she was registered as a player for Breiðablik after the team suffered several injuries{{cite news |author1=Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson |title=Tvær kempur á meðal varamanna hjá Breiðabliki |url=https://fotbolti.net/news/11-08-2023/tvaer-kempur-a-medal-varamanna-hja-breidabliki |access-date=12 February 2024 |work=Fótbolti.net |date=11 August 2023 |language=Icelandic}} but did not appear in any matches.

National team career

In 2013, Cate scored two (2) goals against Guatemala at the X Central American Sports Games in Costa Rica for Nicaragua's first silver medal in this discipline.

By 2014, she was part of the Nicaragua national team at the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico. During the qualifying phase she was declared the Man of the Match in Nicaragua's 1-0 win over the Dominican Republic.

Coaching career

Cate served as the strength trainer of Stjarnan from 2017 to 2018 for HK/Víkingur in 2019. In November 2022, she was hired as a strength trainer for Breiðablik. In August 2023, she

Personal life

In 2018, Cate joined Soccer Without Borders Nicaragua, an organization that promotes gender equality. She is also a member of Common Goal, an organization through which professional footballers donate a portion of their salary to global social change programs.{{cite web | url=https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/post/2018/04/27/common-goal-announcement | title=Common Goal Players Ana Cate and Giorgio Chiellini Join Soccer Without | date=27 April 2018 }}