.jpg) Caicedo with Real Madrid in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegría | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Real Juanchito | ||
| 2016–2017 | Generaciones Palmiranas | ||
| 2017–2019 | CD Atlas C.P | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | América de Cali | 7 | (7) |
| 2020–2023 | Deportivo Cali | 37 | (16) |
| 2023– | Real Madrid | 36 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Colombia U17 | 11 | (9) |
| 2022 | Colombia U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2019– | Colombia | 32 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:41, 2 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:53, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Linda Lizeth Caicedo Alegría (born 25 February 2005) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Colombia women's national team.
Caicedo has been playing at the senior club level since 2019, when she debuted for Colombian club América de Cali at the age of 14.[1] After being instrumental in América winning their first league title, she moved to Deportivo Cali in early 2020. With Cali, Caicedo won an additional Colombian league title in 2021, which qualified Cali for the 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina. Despite only making the quarterfinals, Caicedo finished the tournament as joint-top scorer and made the tournament's Best XI. In 2023, after years of speculation about her next club move, she signed for Real Madrid in Spain's Liga F. In her first season at the club, she helped Madrid reach their first major cup final at the 2022–23 Copa de la Reina.
In addition to her accomplishments at the club level, Caicedo has also found international success at both the youth and senior levels. In July 2022, Caicedo featured in her first Copa America Femenina tournament with Colombia's senior team, where she scored the game-winning goal against Argentina in the semi-finals to help her team qualify for the Copa America final. After finishing as runner-up with Colombia's senior team in the Copa America, Caicedo competed with Colombia's U-20s at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in August, where they reached the quarterfinals. In October of the same year, Caicedo helped Colombia's U-17 side to a second-place finish at the U-17 Women's World Cup. She scored 4 goals and was Colombia's top scorer as they finished as runners-up behind Spain. She later competed in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and scored two goals in the group stage—one against South Korea, and the opener against Germany, a match that Colombia won to pull off one of the greatest upsets in Women's World Cup history.
Often regarded as one of the world's best young players,[2][3][4] Caicedo has won multiple individual awards throughout her career, including the Golden Ball at the 2022 Copa America Femenina, and Bronze Boot and Silver Ball at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
- ^ "Cancer survivor Linda Caicedo to make Women's World Cup debut for Colombia against Korea Republic". Associated Press. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Linda Caicedo wins Reina de América 2022 award". Diario AS. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Palermo, Zeke (24 July 2023). "Cancer survivor Caicedo, 18, set to make her Women's World Cup debut for Colombia against Koreans". AP News. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Palermo, Zeke (29 July 2023). "Colombia coach says Caicedo OK to play in Women's World Cup match despite fall at training". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2 August 2023.