Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican

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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

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in Finland and for the

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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

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and

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who will also host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all ...

. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship is an association football competition for women's national under-20 teams in the North America, Central America and Caribbean region. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's ...

. Corral earned her first cap for the

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at the

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in a group stage match against

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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 Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard 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

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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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corral, Charlyn 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