Cindy Magalí Novoa Díaz (born 10 August 1995) is a Peruvian

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

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for Universitario De Deportes and the Peru women's national team.

Early life

Novoa was raised in Achamal, Amazonas.

International career

Novoa represented Peru at 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 the

2014 Copa América Femenina The 2014 Copa América Femenina was the seventh edition of the Copa América Femenina, an association football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 11–28 September 201 ...

and the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

References

1995 births Living people People from Amazonas Region Peruvian women's footballers Women's association football central defenders Club Universitario de Deportes (women) players Peru women's international footballers Pan American Games competitors for Peru Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Peruvian expatriate women's footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate women's footballers in Ecuador {{Peru-footy-defender-stub