Anette Natalia Vázquez Mendoza (born 11 March 2002), known as Anette Vázquez or her nickname, ''La Rata'' (the Rat), is a Mexican professional

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who currently plays for

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(commonly known as Chivas) of the

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, the first professional women's football league in Mexico. In 2017, she helped elevate Chivas to win the first professional women's football championship in the country in front of a record-setting 32,466 spectators. The team, with Vázquez as an important figure, won a league for a second time in the Torneo Clausura 2022 (Liga MX Femenil). Vázquez also plays for the

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and was selected for the

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, where she scored the only Mexican goal in the game against New Zealand.

Playing career

Guadalajara, 2017–

Vazquez began playing for

during the inaugural season of

. Vasquez scored the first-ever goal for the team. In July 2017, she scored the game-winning goal and helped the team win the inaugural Tapatío Women's Classic 3–0.

Honours

;Guadalajara *

: Apertura 2017 *Liga MX Femenil: Clausura 2022

References

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Anette Vázquez
at C.D. Guadalajara Femenil 2002 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Footballers from Jalisco Liga MX Femenil players C.D. Guadalajara (women) footballers Mexico women's youth international footballers Women's association football forwards 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-footy-forward-2000s-stub