Natalia Gaitán Laguado (born 3 April 1991) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and

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the Colombia women's national team. With her country Gaitán played at the

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and

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and also made a powerful appearance at the

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in Canada.

Club career

Gaitán signed for Valencia CF in September 2015. She had previously played in Spain for CD Transportes Alcaine in the 2013–14 season. She played the

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with Houston Aces and spent the first half of 2015 in a national team training camp.

Studies

Gaitán received a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Toledo and an MBA in International Sports Management from Valencia CF in Spain.

Personal life

Gaitán was diagnosed with

acute lymphoblastic leukemia Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the lymphoid line of blood cells characterized by the development of large numbers of immature lymphocytes. Symptoms may include feeling tired, pale skin color, fever, easy bleeding or bruisin ...

aged four and underwent chemotherapy treatment from 1994 to 1998.

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FIFA Player Natalia Gaitán
* 1991 births Living people Footballers from Bogotá Colombian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Toledo Rockets women's soccer players Zaragoza CFF players Valencia CF Femenino players Sevilla FC (women) players Tigres UANL (women) footballers Liga F players Colombia women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Colombian expatriate women's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico {{Colombia-women-footy-bio-stub