Elixabete Sarasola

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{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Elixabete Sarasola

| image = Elixabete Sarasola (6088517987) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Sarasola with Barcelona in 2011

| fullname = Elixabete Sarasola Nieto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|4|12}}

| birth_place = San Sebastián, Spain

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs1 = Añorga KKE

| collegeyears1 = 2012–2013

| college1 = Charleston Cougars

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| collegegoals1 =

| years1 = 2007–2009

| years2 = 2009–2012

| years3 = 2013

| years4 = 2015–2018

| years5 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Real Sociedad

| clubs2 = FC Barcelona

| clubs3 = Colorado Rush Women

| clubs4 = AFC Ajax

| clubs5 = PSV

| caps1 = 30

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| caps4 = 52

| caps5 = 28

| goals1 = 0

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| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009

| nationalteam1 = Spain under-19

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Basque Country

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

{{family name hatnote|Sarasola|Nieto|lang=Spanish}}

Elixabete "Eli" Sarasola Nieto (born 12 April 1991) is a Spanish former footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for PSV of the Eredivisie Vrouwen.{{Cite news |date=14 June 2020 |title=Santiago: If I do well here, other Mexicans will follow |publisher=FIFA |url=https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/ceci-santiago-mexico-psv-eindoven-3074206 |access-date=14 June 2020}}

Trained at university level in the United States, Sarasola played college soccer for three seasons for Charleston Cougars and later featured for USL W-League team Colorado Rush Women in 2013. Before moving to America she represented FC Barcelona in Spain's Primera División.{{Cite news |last=Capdevila |first=Josep |date=1 August 2012 |title=Eli Sarasola: De la portería del Barça, a la aventura en Estados Unidos |language=Spanish |publisher=Sport (Spanish newspaper) |url=http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/eli-sarasola-porteria-del-barca-aventura-estados-unidos-2177383 |access-date=28 August 2016}}