Sofía García Gaviria (born 18 October 2000) is a Colombian

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who plays as a defender for Spanish

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club

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and the Colombia women's national team.

Early life

García was born in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

. She started playing football at 7 and in a women's club at 10 in Independiente Medellín.

Club career

García played for Formas Íntimas in Colombia. On 14 January 2021, she signed for Spanish club

to compete in

International career

García represented Colombia at the

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. She made her senior debut for Colombia on 9 November 2019.

References

2000 births Living people Footballers from Medellín Colombian women's footballers Women's association football defenders Sporting de Huelva players Colombia women's international footballers Colombian expatriate women's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain 21st-century Colombian women {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub