Gabriela Antonia García Segura (born 2 April 1997) is a Venezuelan professional

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who plays as a forward for Spanish club

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and the Venezuela national team. She has also played for the national U17 and

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squads.

Career

Born in Tunapuy, Gaby excelled at handball, basketball and football as a youth. After a strong showing at a

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football tournament in 2007, she joined the Venezuela youth national team setup. Gaby joined

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in 2017. Over four seasons she helped Deportivo gain promotion to

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, and became the first player to appear in 100 competitive matches for the club. Gaby scored 31 goals during the

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season, securing promotion for Deportivo. Gaby led Real Sociedad Femenino to the 2022–23 Supercopa de España Femenina final, where she suffered a serious leg injury. In the 2023–24 season, Gaby scored in the 1-0 home victory against

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first.

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at Real Sociedad 1997 births Living people Footballers from Sucre (state) Venezuelan women's footballers 21st-century Venezuelan sportswomen Women's association football forwards Venezuela women's international footballers Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Liga F players Deportivo de La Coruña (women) players Real Sociedad Femenino players Venezuelan expatriate women's footballers Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Atlético Madrid Femenino players {{Venezuela-women-footy-bio-stub