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for Liga MX Femenil club CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for

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in Spain, for

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in Finland and for the University of Louisville's college soccer 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

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. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Corral earned her first cap for the Mexico women's national football team at the

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in a group stage match against New Zealand.Charlyn Corral Bio
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Personal life

Charlyn's brother

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is also an international footballer, who currently plays for Club Puebla.

Controversies

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

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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 People from Ecatepec de Morelos Mexico women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Pan American Games competitors for Mexico Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Universiade silver medalists for Mexico Universiade medalists in football Louisville Cardinals women's soccer players Kansallinen Liiga players Merilappi United players Primera División (women) 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 Mexican footballers