Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for

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and Levante in Spain, for Merilappi United in Finland, and for the

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team in the United States.

Club career

After scoring 23 goals for Levante in her debut 2015–16 season, Corral signed a one-year extension to her contract with the Spanish club. She had been named in the Primera División's Team of the Season. She left the side in 2019.

International career

Corral made her debut for the Mexico U-21 team in 2006 at the age of 14. She was a member of the Mexico squad at the

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and

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who also hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later, from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all si ...

. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship is an association football competition for women's national under-20 teams in the North America, Central America and Caribbean region. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 Women's ...

. Corral earned her first cap for the

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at the

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in a group stage match against

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.Charlyn Corral Bio
Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 20 June 2014. Corral was selected to represent Mexico at the

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held in

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, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating

1–0.

Personal life

Charlyn's brother George Corral is also an international footballer, who currently plays for

Club Puebla Club Puebla is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Puebla (city), Puebla. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football league system, Mexican football. Founded in 1944 as Puebla Fútbol Club, and ...

Controversies

On 19 June 2015, Corral was reported to have called for the replacement of

Leonardo Cuéllar Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who last acted as the manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil. He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2 ...

, long-time coach of the Mexico women's national team. Corral was not on the roster for the 2015

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and the qualifying matches for the 2015 Women's World Cup. Cuellar stepped down as coach in 2016 and in 2017 Corral was again selected for the roster of the national team."Alineacion seleccion nacional de Mexico"; https://twitter.com/miseleccionmx/status/935252443117576197/photo/1, accessed 30 Nov 2017

International goals

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corral, Charlyn 1991 births Living people Women's association football forwards Mexican women's footballers Footballers from the State of Mexico Sportspeople from Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games footballers for Mexico FISU World University Games silver medalists for Mexico Summer World University Games medalists in football Louisville Cardinals women's soccer players Kansallinen Liiga players Merilappi United players Liga F players Levante UD Femenino players Atlético Madrid Femenino players Mexican expatriate women's footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate women's footballers in Finland Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Liga MX Femenil players 21st-century Mexican sportswomen