Ana Mendoza (footballer)

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| image =

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| fullname = Ana Mendoza González

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|8|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tepotzotlán, State of Mexico, Mexico

| height = 1.67 m

| position = centre-back

| currentclub = UNAM

| clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 = 2021–2022

| youthclubs1 = UNAM

| years1 = 2022–

| clubs1 = UNAM

| caps1 = 74

| goals1 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2022

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Mexico U-17

| nationalyears2 = 2023–2024

| nationalteam2 = Mexico U-20

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2024–

| nationalteam3 = Mexico

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 17 February 2024

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Ana Mendoza González (born 7 August 2005) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX Femenil side UNAM{{Cite web |title=Plantel del Club Universidad Nacional |url=https://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/club/11188/pumas |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Liga MX Femenil}} and the Mexico women's national football team.

Club career

= UNAM (2021–2022 =

Mendoza is a product of Club Universidad Nacional (also known as Pumas or UNAM) youth academy, having been part of Pumas's U-17 and U-18 teams from 2021 to 2022, and winning the Liga MX Femenil U-18 Apertura 2022 championship with the U-18 side.{{Cite web |last=OnceDiario |title=Campeón con garra |url=https://www.oncediario.com/notas/41659-liga-mx-femenil-apertura-2022-sub-18-final-america-pumas-vuelta-estadio-azteca |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.oncediario.com |language=es-ES}}

Mendoza professional debut with Pumas came at the age of 17 and while she was still part of the U-18 side, when she called for a 15 August 2022 league match against Santos Laguna as part of the Apertura 2022 tournament, in which she was part of the starting line-up. Mendoza played a total of 3 games with Pumas' first-team during the Apertura 2022 before being promoted full-time to the first-team ahead of the Clausura 2023 tournament.{{Cite web |last=García |first=Alejandra |date=2023-01-19 |title=Tres sueños cumplidos |url=https://www.gaceta.unam.mx/tres-suenos-cumplidos/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Gaceta UNAM |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Acerca de Ana Mendoza |url=https://pumas.mx/pumas-femenil/jugador/74 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=pumas.mx |language=es}}

International career

Mendoza was part of the Mexico U-17 side that participated at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, being part of the starting lineup in all three group-stage games that Mexico played.{{Cite web |date=4 October 2022 |title=Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022 |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce43/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |website=FIFA}} She was also part of the Mexico U-20 team that won 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and that participated at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{Cite web |title=Selección Mexicana Sub 20 Femenil da conocer convocatoria para Mundial {{!}} TUDN Selección MX {{!}} TUDN |url=https://www.tudn.com/futbol/mexico/seleccion-mexicana-sub-20-femenil-da-conocer-convocatoria-para-el-mundial |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.tudn.com |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=21 May 2023 |title=Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf |url=https://miseleccion.mx/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=miseleccion.mx |language=es}}

On 18 October 2024, Mendoza was named for the first time to the senior Mexico women's national football team by manager Pedro López for friendly matches against Venezuela and Thailand.{{Cite web |last=Uzeta |first=Karla |date=2024-10-19 |title=Pedro López tiene a sus convocadas para los juegos amistosos de la selección mexicana femenil |url=https://esto.com.mx/852069-listas-las-covocadas-para-los-amistosos-de-la-seleccion-femenil-ante-venezuela-y-tailandia/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=ESTO |language=es}} She subsequently made her debut with the senior national team on 29 October 2024 during the match against Thailand.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Ana Mendoza debuta con la Selección Mayor |url=https://pumas.mx/noticias/2746/ana-mendoza-debuta-con-la-selecci%C3%B3n-mayor#:~:text=Ana%20Mendoza,%20jugadora%20de%20Pumas,por%204-0%20a%20Tailandia. |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=pumas.mx |language=es}}

Career statistics

= Club =

class="wikitable" \|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|UNAM \|2022–23 \| rowspan="3" \|Liga MX Femenil \| align="center" \|16 \| align="center" \|0 \| align="center" \|16 \| align="center" \|0
2023–24 \| align="center" \|37 \| align="center" \|0 \| align="center" \|37 \| align="center" \|0
2024–25 \| align="center"\|21 \| align="center"\|1 \| align="center"\|21 \| align="center"\|1
colspan="2" \|Total !74 !1 !74 !0
colspan="3" \|Career total !74 !1 !74 !1

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rowspan="4" |UNAM