Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican
footballer
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who plays as a
striker 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 ...
club
CF Pachuca
Club de Fútbol Pachuca is a Mexican professional Association football, football team based in Pachuca, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, that competes in Liga MX. Founded by Cornish diaspora, Cornish miners from Camborne and Redruth in 1901, it is one ...
and the
Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for
Atlético Madrid
Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...
in Spain, for
Merilappi United
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...
in Finland and for the
University of Louisville
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's
college soccer
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team in the United States.
Club career
After scoring 23 goals for
Levante in her debut
2015–16 season, Corral signed a one-year extension to her contract with the Spanish club. She had been named in the Primera División's Team of the Season. She left the side in 2019.
International career
Corral made her debut for the
Mexico U-21 team in 2006 at the age of 14. She was a member of the Mexico squad at the
2006
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,
2008
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and
2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
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. Corral earned her first cap for the
Mexico women's national football team
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at the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in a group stage match against
New Zealand
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.
[Charlyn Corral Bio]
Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
Personal life
Charlyn's brother
George Corral is also an international footballer, who currently plays for
Club Puebla
Club Puebla, formerly Puebla F.C. is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the city of Puebla City, Puebla, competing in the Liga MX. Known as ''La Franja'' ("The Striped Ones"), the team shirt features a diagonal ...
.
Controversies
On June 19, 2015, Corral was reported to have called for the replacement of
Leonardo Cuellar
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Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate ...
, long-time coach of the Mexico women's national team. Corral was not on the roster for the 2015
Pan American Games
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and the qualifying matches for the 2015 Women's World Cup. Cuellar stepped down as coach in 2016 and in 2017 Corral was again selected for the roster of the national team.
["Alineacion seleccion nacional de Mexico"; https://twitter.com/miseleccionmx/status/935252443117576197/photo/1, accessed 30 Nov 2017]
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1991 births
Living people
Women's association football forwards
Mexican women's footballers
Footballers from the State of Mexico
People from Ecatepec de Morelos
Mexico women's international footballers
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
Universiade silver medalists for Mexico
Universiade medalists in football
Louisville Cardinals women's soccer players
Kansallinen Liiga players
Merilappi United players
Primera División (women) players
Levante UD Femenino players
Atlético Madrid Femenino players
Mexican expatriate women's footballers
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Mexican footballers