Esmeralda Verdugo Romo (born 19 January 1994) is a Mexican professional

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who plays for

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as '' Xolos'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso. Founded ...

Career

College

From 2014 to 2015, Verdugo played

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for

Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California. It offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions. History The college was founded in 1955. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a local r ...

, scoring 14 goals in 22 games.

Liga MX Femenil

Verdugo joined

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 ...

from

in 2018. She made her debut in a 2–1 defeat to

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

. In December 2019, Verdugo and her teammate

Lucero Cuevas Lucero Ximena Cuevas Flores (born 22 January 1996) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Club León. Club career Prior to turning professional, Cuevas played in the amateur Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil with Ballenas Galeana an ...

were victims of an

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. She subsequently rejoined

on loan. Verdugo signed with

Club León Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football. León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...

in June 2020. In June 2021, she rejoined

for a third time.

International career

Verdugo was capped for the

Mexico women's national football team The Mexico women's national football team represents Mexico on the international stage. The squad is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and competes within CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Associatio ...

at the

2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal The 2015 Torneio Internacional de Natal de Futebol Feminino (also known as the 2015 International Tournament of Natal) was the seventh edition of the Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino, an invitational women's football tournament held ever ...

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* 1994 births Living people People from Ensenada, Baja California Mexican women's footballers Footballers from Baja California Mexican footballers Women's association football forwards Liga MX Femenil players Club Tijuana (women) footballers Club América (women) footballers Club León (women) footballers Mexico women's international footballers {{Mexico-women-footy-bio-stub