Kenia Kristel Rangel Villarreal (born 6 August 1995) is a Panamanian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Costa Rican club
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
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and the
Panama women's national team.
International career
Rangel appeared in five matches for Panama and scored one goal at the
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Championship (also known as the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup or the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international football champio ...
. She scored a
hat trick
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against
El Salvador
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in a
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
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A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the Un ...
match.
See also
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List of Panama women's international footballers
References
1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Panama City
Panamanian women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Maccabi Holon F.C. (women) players
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers
Ligat Nashim players
Panama women's international footballers
Panamanian expatriate women's footballers
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate women's footballers in Israel
Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica
Expatriate women's footballers in Costa Rica
Alajuelense Fútbol Femenino footballers
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