Carina Alicia Reyes Baltrip (born 1 July 1998), known as Carina Baltrip-Reyes, is an American-born Panamanian

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who plays as a defender or a

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for the Panama women's national team.

Early life

Baltrip-Reyes was born in Austin,

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and raised in Pflugerville, Texas to a Panamanian father and an

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mother.

High school and college career

Baltrip-Reyes has attended the

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in Pflugerville, Texas, the

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and the

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in Gainesville, Florida.

Club career

Baltrip-Reyes has played for Spartak Subotica in Serbia.

International career

Baltrip-Reyes made her senior debut for Panama on 21 October 2021 in friendly away draw against

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International goals

''Scores and results list Panama goal tally first''

References

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* 1998 births Living people People with acquired Panamanian citizenship Panamanian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders ŽFK Spartak Subotica players Panama women's international footballers Panamanian expatriate women's footballers Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate women's footballers in Serbia Panamanian people of American descent Soccer players from Austin, Texas People from Round Rock, Texas American women's soccer players FIU Panthers women's soccer players Florida Gators women's soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Serbia American sportspeople of Panamanian descent African-American women's soccer players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub