Vanesa Santana (born 3 September 1990) is an Argentine professional
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 Spanish club
Alavés and the
Argentina women's national team. She has also played for the
Argentina U-20 team.
International career
Santana represented Argentina at the
,
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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and the
2010 South American U-20 Women's Championship. She made her senior debut in 2011.
Honours
;Boca Juniors
*
Primera División A
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: 2005 Clausura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Inicial
*Supercopa Argentina de Fútbol Femenino: 2015
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Pan American Games
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Runner-up:
2019
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Copa América
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Third place:
2018
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2022
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References
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from La Matanza Partido
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Boca Juniors (women) footballers
Atlético Huila (women) players
América de Cali (women) players
Dux Logroño players
Liga F players
Argentina women's youth international footballers
Argentina women's international footballers
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Pan American Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games
South American Games gold medalists for Argentina
South American Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
Argentine expatriate women's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
Expatriate women's footballers in Venezuela
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate women's footballers in Colombia
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Sporting de Huelva players
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
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