Paloma Zermeño Rodríguez (born 18 June 1995) is an American-born Mexican

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and

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player who represents Mexico in international competitions at both sports. She played for the

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as a

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. She is currently serving as the captain of the Mexican women's national beach soccer team.

International career

Zermeño represented Mexico at the

2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The United States went into the tournament as defending champions and successfully retained their title. The tournament was hosted by th ...

. There, she got an ACL injury during the final match against United States. Due to that, she missed the

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. I ...

, and the 2014 season for City College of San Francisco. She made her senior debut on 16 December 2015, starting in a 3-0 victory against

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at the International Women's Football Tournament of Natal of that year. She also appeared at the

2016 Four Nations Tournament The 2016 Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the third edition of the Four Nations Tournament held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil between 4–6 November as a Men's friendly handball tournament organised by the ...

and the

2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship The 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the 4th edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which women's national tea ...

. She assisted Katie Johnson in the 6-0 victory against

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on 10 February 2016.

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* 1995 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Mexico women's international footballers Sportspeople from Alameda, California Soccer players from Alameda County, California American sportspeople of Mexican descent American women's soccer players Women's association football forwards Mexican beach soccer players City College of San Francisco alumni College women's soccer players in the United States American beach soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century Mexican sportswomen {{Mexico-footy-forward-1990s-stub