Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas (born 15 February 1991), known as Kenti Robles, is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish

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club

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and the Mexico women's national team. She holds dual Spanish and Mexican citizenship.

Career

Robles has been playing in

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since she was 14 years old, being brought up in

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's youth team. In 2009, she was promoted to the first team, and that same season she won her first title, the

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. After playing the 2011 World Cup with Mexico, she moved to local rivals

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where she played in the

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and helped the team win three league titles from 2011 to 2014. In August 2014, she re-joined Espanyol. In 2015, she joined Atlético de Madrid, where she played for 5 years, earning her 3 La Liga titles and a Copa de la Reina. In the summer of 2020, she joined city rivals Real Madrid, who played the previous year as CD Tacón.

Personal life

Before settling in Spain, Robles lived in the

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. Her mother is originally from

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Honours

;Espanyol *

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: 2010 ;Barcelona *

: 2011–12,

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, 2013–14 *

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;Atlético de Madrid *

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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References

External links

* *
Profile
at Mexican Football Federation
Profile
at

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* 1991 births Living people Women's association football fullbacks Mexican women's footballers Footballers from Mexico City Mexican people of Peruvian descent Mexico women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Immigrants to the Dominican Republic Mexican emigrants Mexican expatriate women's footballers Mexican emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish women's footballers Footballers from Catalonia Spanish people of Mexican descent Sportspeople of Mexican descent Spanish people of Peruvian descent Liga F players RCD Espanyol (women) players FC Barcelona Femení players Atlético Madrid Femenino players Real Madrid Femenino players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football {{Spain-women-footy-bio-stub