Jaclyn Talia Gilday Baquero (born 12 November 2000), known as Jackie Gilday, is a Nicaraguan

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who plays as a

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for American college team

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and the Nicaragua women's national team.

Early life and education

Gilday was born in

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, United States and raised in

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, Florida. She has attended the

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. Her father is American and her mother is of Ecuadorian and Nicaraguan descent.

College career

Gilday has attended the

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International career

Gilday represented Nicaragua at two

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editions (

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and

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). She made her senior debut on 17 February 2022, starting in a 1–2 away loss to

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during the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification.

Honours

UCLA Bruins *

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* 2000 births Living people People with acquired Nicaraguan citizenship Nicaraguan women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Nicaragua women's international footballers Nicaraguan people of American descent Nicaraguan people of Ecuadorian descent Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent Soccer players from Orlando, Florida People from New Smyrna Beach, Florida Sportspeople from Volusia County, Florida Soccer players from Florida American women's soccer players UCLA Bruins women's soccer players American people of Ecuadorian descent American people of Nicaraguan descent {{Nicaragua-women-footy-bio-stub