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Elixabete Sarasola

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Elixabete Sarasola
Sarasola with Barcelona in 2011
Personal information
Full name Elixabete Sarasola Nieto
Date of birth (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2005–2007 Añorga KKE
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Charleston Cougars
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Real Sociedad 30 (0)
2009–2012 FC Barcelona
2013 Colorado Rush Women
2015–2018 AFC Ajax 52 (0)
2018–2020 PSV 28 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Spain under-19 7 (0)
2016 Basque Country 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.[1]

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Santiago: If I do well here, other Mexicans will follow". FIFA. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ Capdevila, Josep (1 August 2012). "Eli Sarasola: De la portería del Barça, a la aventura en Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Sport (Spanish newspaper). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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