Hazleydi Yoreli Rincón Torres (born 27 July 1993) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for Brazilian club

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and the Colombia women's national team. She previously played professional football for clubs in

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and the

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. Rincón debuted for the Colombia women's national football team in 2010 and was included in the national team for the

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, as well as the

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and

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Early life

Born in Piedecuesta, Rincón began playing football in the Colombian league at age 12, winning the national league with Tolima in 2007. She made a verbal commitment to join

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to play collegiate soccer beginning in 2011, but backed out to embark on a professional career.

Club career

At age 18, Rincón signed a one-year contract with Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino club XV de Piracicaba after being recommended by fellow Colombian footballer Freddy Rincón. In January 2013 Rincón made a

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to Swedish

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team LdB FC Malmö. With Malmö she started two of 12 appearances in

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and scored once, against Piteå IF, as the club recaptured their league title. After that first season Rincón was released by Malmö, for economic reasons. Rincón was invited to

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's preseason training camp in March 2014. She joined

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of the W-League for the 2014 season. Rincón intended to gain experience, adapt to the American style of soccer and ultimately win a move to the

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(NWSL). Rincón competed at the 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship for Bahraini club

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, scoring twice in four matches.

International career

Rincón has played as a midfielder for the Colombia women's national football team, scoring five goals as Colombia finished as runners-up in the 2010 Sudamericano Femenino and helping her team qualify for its first ever

finals. She also played for Colombia at the

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and

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finals. She was also named in the Colombian squad for the

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. Colombia were beaten in all three group matches as the team's

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controversially omitted Rincón, accusing her of arriving at the tournament in poor condition. Rincón played at her second

. In July 2016, team

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Rincón, "widely considered Colombia's best player", broke her leg and was ruled out of the

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Personal life

Rincón is bisexual. She was in a relationship with a man called Alejandro González, but is now dating Venezuelan female footballer Jaylis Oliveros.

Honors

Individual * IFFHS CONMEBOL Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

References

External links

*
Profile at Futbol Femenino en Colombia
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rincon, Yoreli 1993 births Living people Footballers from Santander Department People from Piedecuesta Colombian women's footballers 21st-century Colombian sportswomen Women's association football midfielders FC Rosengård players Torres Calcio Femminile players Inter Milan (women) players Al-Riffa SC players UC Sampdoria (women) players Atlético Nacional (women) players Damallsvenskan players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Colombia women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Colombian expatriate women's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate women's footballers in Brazil Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Norway Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate women's footballers in Bahrain Bisexual sportswomen Colombian bisexual people Colombian LGBTQ footballers Colombian LGBTQ sportspeople Atlético Junior (women) footballers