Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays as a defender for Spanish

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club

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and

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the Ecuador women's national team.

International career

Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship. Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever

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at the

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tournament edition in Canada. At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against

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, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee

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to have fouled Cameroonian striker

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being the last defender and therefore was sent off after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals. Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against

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, returning in the third match against

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International goals

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Ligia Moreira
at BDFútbol * * * 1992 births Living people People from Buena Fe Canton Ecuadorian women's footballers Women's association football defenders S.D. Quito footballers L.D.U. Quito Femenino players Patriotas Boyacá footballers C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador footballers São José Esporte Clube (women) players Real Oviedo (women) players CDE Racing Féminas players Primera Federación (women) players Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Segunda Federación (women) players Ecuador women's international footballers 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Ecuadorian expatriate women's footballers Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate women's footballers in Colombia Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate women's footballers in Brazil Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain 21st-century Ecuadorian women {{Ecuador-women-footy-bio-stub