Erika Vázquez Morales (born 16 February 1983), known simply as Erika, is a former Spanish
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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, mainly for
Athletic Bilbao
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where she set club records for most appearances and goals. Between 2003 and 2016, she played for the
Spain national team and has also played for the
Basque Country national team.
Club career
With 240 goals for the club in the
Primera División (women)
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and 18 more in three
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
campaigns
she is Athletic Bilbao's all-time top scorer and appearance maker, overtaking the mark of 413 in the latter count set by
Eli Ibarra in 2022, a few months before retiring on 423 aged 39 (however, Ibarra won five league championships compared to three for Vázquez).
Her 17 seasons at
Lezama
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was also the most time with the club for a female player across its 20-year history, notwithstanding the year she spent with
Espanyol
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in the
2010–11 season in which the Catalan club finished runners-up in both the league and the
Copa de la Reina
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– Vázquez never won that competition, losing in one earlier final with
Lagunak as a teenager in 2000 (by coincidence, one of her opponents that day was
Vanesa Gimbert
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who retired alongside her as a teammate in
Bilbao
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22 years later) and two subsequent finals with Athletic in 2012 and 2014.
International career
She played for Spain since the
2005 UEFA Women's Championship qualification
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.
In June 2013, national team
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Ignacio Quereda
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Playing career
Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was ...
confirmed Erika as a member of his 23-player squad for the
UEFA Women's Euro 2013
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finals in Sweden. She was also part of Spain's squad at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in Canada.
International goals
Honours
Athletic Bilbao
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Primera División:
2004–05,
2006–07,
2015–16
Lagunak
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Primera Nacional
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(second tier): 2002–03
El Presidente Sanz recibe al Lagunak tras su ascenso a la máxima competición nacional
Gobierno de Navarra
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Profile
at Athletic Bilbao
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1983 births
Living people
Footballers from Pamplona
Spanish women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
SD Lagunak (women) players
Athletic Club (women) players
RCD Espanyol (women) players
Liga F players
Spain women's youth international footballers
Spain women's international footballers
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff