Karina Socarrás Villalonga (born 28 November 1993), known simply as Karina, is a Puerto Rican
footballer who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
for Portuguese
Liga BPI club
CS Marítimo and the
Puerto Rico women's national team.
International career
On August 21, 2015, Socarrás scored six goals in a 12–0 win against
Grenada
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, two days later Socarrás scored four goals in a 9–0 win against
Aruba
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. On November 18, 2015, Socarrás helped
Puerto Rico qualify for the
2016 Olympic Games qualifying tournament in
Frisco, Texas scoring a goal against
Guyana
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at the
semi-finals. She represented
Puerto Rico at the
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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.
International goals
''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Socarrás goal''.
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Footballers from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican women's footballers
Women's association football forwards
Málaga CF Femenino players
Puerto Rico women's international footballers
Puerto Rican expatriate women's footballers
Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate women's footballers in Colombia
Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
Puerto Rican expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate women's footballers in Portugal
C.S. Marítimo (women) players
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