María Carolina Birizamberri Rivero (born 9 July 1995) is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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and

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

player who plays as a

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for Argentine club River Plate and the Uruguay women's national team.

Club career

Birizamberri is a three-time Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino top scorer. in 2015, she scored 53 goals in 18 matches for River Plate Montevideo. After that, she joined River Plate from Argentina.

International career

Birizamberri represented Uruguay at the

2012 South American U-17 Women's Championship The 2012 South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship was the third instance of the South American Under-17 Women's Football Championship. It was held from 9 to 25 March in Sucre and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The top three teams qualified t ...

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions Sou ...

and the

2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship The 2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the South American under-20 women's football championship. It was held from 12 to 31 January 2014 in Uruguay. The best two teams also qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's ...

. At senior level, she played three

Copa América Femenina The Copa América Femenina (''Copa América Feminina'' in Portuguese; previously the ''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino'' (''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol Feminino''), usually shortened to ''Sudamericano Femenino'' (''Sul-Americano ...

editions (

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and

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International goals

''Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first''

Honours and achievements

Club

;River Plate *

Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino The Primera División A is the main league competition for women's football in Argentina. The tournament is ruled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with its first season held in 1991. The competition was named "Campeonato de Fútbol F ...

: 2016–17

Individual

* Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino top scorer: 2011 (for Bella Vista), 2013 (for Nacional), 2015 (for River Plate Montevideo) *

Copa Libertadores Femenina The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, named as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( pt, Copa Libertadores Feminina or Taça Libertadores Feminina) is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by ...

top scorer:

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(for River Plate) *''Premio Charrúa'' as the 2012 Best Uruguayan Women's Footballer

References

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* * 1995 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan women's footballers Women's association football forwards Women's association football midfielders C.A. Cerro players C.A. Bella Vista players Club Nacional de Football players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players Club Atlético River Plate (women) players Uruguay women's international footballers Uruguayan expatriate women's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate women's footballers in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Uruguayan women's futsal players {{uruguay-women-footy-bio-stub