Mariela Campos Alvarado (born 7 October 1998) is a Costa Rican

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Saprissa FF Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

and the Costa Rica women's national team.

Club career

Campos was active at Herediano until the end of January 2023. Since then, she has been under contract with

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

International career

Campos took part in the

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with the Costa Rican U-17 team and made two appearances there. She also appeared in

2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 9th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams ...

, where she again received playing time in three games. Campos made her senior debut for the Costa Rican national team was on June 10, 2018, in a 4–0 friendly loss to

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. A month later, she and her team took part in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament, where she and her team took second place. After that, she was also active in the

2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification The 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification is a women's football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship. A total of eight teams played in the final tournament, which was held in the Un ...

. On 6 July 2023, Campos was called up to the 23-player squad to play the 2023 World Cup.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Mariela 1998 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Costa Rican women's footballers 21st-century Costa Rican sportswomen Costa Rica women's international footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games footballers for Costa Rica