Ana María "Ani" Escribano López (born 2 December 1981) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
centre back
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. A former
Spain women's national football team
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international, she spent 19 years with first club
FC Barcelona
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and one season with
ÍBV in Iceland's
Úrvalsdeild kvenna.
Club career
In
her final season with Barcelona, she
captained the team to the league and cup
double
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. In September and October 2012 Escribano played in her first
UEFA Women's Champions League
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...
matches, as Barcelona were thrashed 7–0 by
Arsenal
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over two legs.
Escribano left Barcelona after 19 years in May 2013, signing for Icelandic club
ÍBV.
She scored twice in 12 league appearances for ÍBV. Escribano then decided to return to Spain, playing a season with Sant Vicenç, then joining Fontsanta Fatjó of the Preferente Femenina Catalana.
International career
Escribano was part of the
Spanish national team who competed in the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers.
References
External links
Profileat
UEFA
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.com
Ani BDFutbol
Spanish women's footballers
Spanish expatriate women's footballers
1981 births
Living people
Spain women's international footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
FC Barcelona Femení players
Liga F players
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
Women's association football central defenders
Ana María Escribano
Ana María "Ani" Escribano López (born 2 December 1981) is a Spanish retired women's association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back. A former Spain women's national football team inter ...
Sportswomen from Catalonia
21st-century Spanish sportswomen
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