Betzy Casandra Cuevas Araujo (born 21 April 1997), known as Casandra Cuevas or Betzy Cuevas, is a Mexican professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Liga MX Femenil The Liga MX Femenil, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, this professional league has 18 teams, each coincidi ...

side

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

. Cuevas is one of the player with the most match appearances in

Club career

Club América (2017-2019)

Cuevas started her professional career with

in 2017, being part of the squad of América Femenil that participated in the first official tournament for the club, the

2017 Copa MX Femenil The 2017 Copa MX Femenil was a women's association football tournament in Mexico. The tournament consists of 12 of the 16 Liga MX Femenil teams. The tournament was held between 3 May and 6 May at the Mexican Football Federation headquarters in Tol ...

. Cuevas was a key player for América during the first seasons of the team, and was vital to obtain the first

title for the club during the Apertura 2018 tournament in which she scored 10 goals, including one on the first leg of the final.

2019: Loan to Club Tijuana

Cuevas joined

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

on loan ahead of the Apertura 2019 tournament. On her first and only tournament at Tijuana, Cuevas made 18 appearances and scored 5 goals, helping the team reach the playoffs for the first time.

Club América (2019-present)

Cuevas returned to America from the loan at Tijuana ahead of the Clausura 2020 tournament.

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuevas Araujo, Betzy Casandra 1997 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Women's association football midfielders