Carolina Arbeláez Castaño (born 8 March 1995) is a Colombian

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who plays as a full back for

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

Club career

After playing nine years in Colombia, on 23 December 2019, Arbeláez signed for Spanish Primera División club

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International career

Arbeláez made her international debut in September 2014 when team Colombia took on

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. Arbeláez was called up to play for team

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in the

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in May 2015.

References

External links

Carolina Arbeláez
at BDFútbol *

fifa.com 1995 births Living people Footballers from Medellín Colombian women's footballers 21st-century Colombian sportswomen Women's association football fullbacks Atlético Nacional (women) players Atlético Huila (women) players Deportivo de La Coruña (women) players Liga F players Colombia women's international footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Colombia Colombian expatriate women's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain {{Colombia-women-footy-bio-stub